Choi Hyun-soo

Choi Hyun-soo is a South Korean journalist who previously served as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense from 2017 to 2020 - the first woman to assume this post in the Ministry's history.
Choi was previously the first woman to become the Ministry correspondent in 2002 and a military specialist in 2009 respectively. Before resigning for her new career in public service, she had worked as a journalist at Kukmin Ilbo for almost three decades from 1988.
She hosted a television show at the Ministry-run media agency and completed a doctorate programme at the Ministry-run Korea National Defense University.
Choi retired from post in June 2020. A year later she was brought back to public service as the head of Defense Agency for Spiritual & Mental Force Enhancement of the Ministry.
She holds two degrees - a bachelor in political science from Yonsei University and a master's in international relations from University of Chicago.

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