National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong, who has been tapped as director of the National Intelligence Service, is a veteran diplomat also known as a balanced strategist in the field.
North Korea fired a suspected solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea, Monday, in its second missile provocation in less than 10 hours as Pyongyang threatened to take what it called a “more aggressive” response to Seoul and Washington’s joint efforts to deter the North s nuclear threats.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ongoing Cabinet reshuffle has been criticized as a series of revolving door appointments as familiar faces, mostly his close aides, are anticipated to take turns holding ministerial and other key government posts ahead of the upcoming general elections slated for April.