President Lee Jae-myung appointed Park Jung-sung as Korea’s new trade chief on August 21. Park has spent nearly three decades in trade and industrial policy, including senior roles in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
The appointment matters because the portfolio is immediately active: tariff policy, U.S. trade relations and supply-chain negotiations remain live issues for Korean exporters. Watch Park’s first negotiating agenda and how quickly the government signals continuity or a change in trade strategy.