The ICAS Bulletin
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March 26, 2001
The Hon Seung Soo Han
Foreign Minister, South Korea

Dear Friend:

We are pleased to share with you that President Dae Jung Kim of South Korea today named The Hon Seung Soo Han to be his new Foreign Minister, effective immediately. Minister Han was a member of the National Assembly prior to this new appointment and is a former ambassador to the United States during the Clinton administration. He also served as Seoul's trade minister from 1988 to 1990 during the Reagan and Bush presidencies and Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Finance and Economy.

Minister Han made an official visit, then Ambassador, to Philadelphia on October 20, 1993 as Honoured Guest of ICAS and delivered an ICAS Lecture entitled "Korea and Emerging World Order" (No 93-1020-SSH) at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr Han is a pre-eminent economist educated in Oxford University, England.

Thank you.


Regards,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr Fellow & Executive Vice President
N.B.

(ICAS Lecture No 99-427-SSH)
(ICAS Lecture No 93-1020-SSH)







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