Speaker
HUH Won-soon
- Affliation
- The Korea Economic Daily
- Title
- Head Editorial Writer
Biography
Huh, Won Soon is an head editorial writer for The Korea Economic Daily. He took the bachelor's degree in Seoul National Univ., the master\'s in Yonsei Graduate School, and completed a visiting scholar at CMRC(Capital Market Research Center) at Georgetown Univ. He worked for the Committee of Management of Public Institutions(Presidential Commission, MoEF), Central Investment Deliberation Committee(MOIS, Ministry of the Interior and Safety), etc. He was a former member of the Policy Advisory Committee of MOIS and MOEF(Ministry of Economy and Finance), and also worked as member of a Policy Performance Evaluation Committee of the two ministries for years. He has won two times "Journalist of the Month Awards" by the Korean Journalists Association(KJA), and also received a presidential citation. He has written 「The Power of Debate Class of Thoughts」, 「Low-tech in the era of High-tech」, 「Living as president of a nation」, and co-author of several books. He has worked for 12 years of an editorial writer at The Korea Economic Daily and was a former chief editor for the City desk and International department. Earlier in his reporter years, he mainly covered the government ministries. During the period covered the Blue House, he has visited over 50 countries and accompanied the Korean President with the overseas reports 17 times.