Inauguration of Kwon Soon-wook as the 43rd Director of the National Fisheries Science Institute

Kwon Soon-uk, the 43rd Director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, officially began his duties after holding his inauguration ceremony on the 9th. As his first official schedule after the inauguration, on the 9th, he paid respects at the Martyred Sailors Memorial Tower in Yeongdo-gu, Busan, and visited a fish farm in Yeosu, Jeonnam to inspect the situation against low water temperatures. The new Director Kwon is from Gangwon-do, graduated from Daesung High School in Wonju and the Department of Public Administration at Yonsei University, and obtained a master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Exeter in the UK. He entered public service in 1999 (passed the 42nd administrative examination) and has held key positions such as counselor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation, regulatory affairs officer at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, head of the Marine Spatial Policy Division, head of the Fisheries Policy Division, and Fisheries Village Aquaculture Policy Officer, etc.