Park on Tuesday appointed former career diplomat Ju Chul-ki as senior secretary for foreign affairs and national security. Ju, a longtime ambassador to Europe, is a trade expert with little experience with North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.Park too named former defense minister Kim Jang-soo to head the national security office, which has been set up as part of the president's office. Kim is known for his hard-line stance against the North, which conducted its third nuclear test last week.
Park appointed information technology expert Choi Soon-hong to the new post of secretary for future strategies.Choi has served as IT officer at the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund.
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