Updated Aug.5,2004 19:12 KST

Wi Sung-lac Appointed Political Minister of Korean Embassy in the U.S.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade appointed Wi Sung-lac as the political minister of the Korean embassy in the United States. He is a former policy coordinator of the National Security Counsel. Wui joined the ministry in 1979 and served as the chief of the ministry¡¯s North American affairs bureau and Eastern Europe affairs bureau, and an assistant of a Foreign Minister.

(Lee Ha-won, may2@chosun.com )