Hong Soon-young

South Korean diplomat (1937–2014)

Korean name
Hangul	홍순영
Hanja	洪淳瑛
Revised Romanization	Hong Sun-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Hong Sunyŏng

Hong Soon-young (30 January 1937 – 30 April 2014^[1]) was a South Korean diplomat. He has served in several high-level posts, including as presidential aide for state affairs, Foreign Minister, and Minister of Unification, and has been ambassador to Russia (1992–1993), Germany (1994–1998), The People's Republic of China (2000–2001), Malaysia (1990–1992), and Pakistan (1984–1987). He is a graduate of Seoul National University and attended the Graduate School of International Relations at Columbia University.

References

^ "Former foreign minister Hong dies at age 77". The Korea Herald. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2015-11-21.

External links

Hong, Soon-young. "Thawing Korea's Cold War: The Path to Peace on the Korean Peninsula", Foreign Affairs, May/June 1999.
Interview with Asiaweek.com, December 17, 1999.
Text of a speech given to the Asia Society, September 23, 1998.

Preceded by Park Chung-soo	Foreign Minister of South Korea August 1998–December 2000	Succeeded by Lee Joung-bin
Preceded by Lim Dong-won	Unification Minister of South Korea September 7, 2001–January 2002	Succeeded by Jeong Se-hyun

Ambassadors of South Korea to China

Ambassadors and Envoys to the Republic of China
1948–1992

in Nanking, China	Jeong Hwan-beom (envoy) 1948–49 Shin Suk-woo 1949–50
in Taipei, Taiwan	Shin Suk-woo 1949–50 Lee Beom-seok 1950–51 Kim Hong-il 1951–60 Paik Sun-yup 1960–61 Choi Yong-duk 1961–62 Kim Shin 1962–70 Kim Gye-won 1971–78 Ock Man-ho 1978–81 Kim Chong-kon 1981–85 Kim Sang-tae 1985–88 Han Chul-soo 1988–91 Park Noh-young 1991–92