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MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony
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25 March 2010
The following foreign Head of Mission presented his credentials to President S R Nathan at the Istana today: (a) The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Oh Joon The curricula vitae ...
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The following foreign Head of Mission presented his credentials to President S R Nathan at the Istana today:
(a) The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea,
His Excellency Oh Joon
The curricula vitae of His Excellency Oh Joon is attached.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
25 MARCH 2010
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OH JOON
AMBASSADOR
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
BORN: 4 October 1955
AGE: 54
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Kim Miri
Has two daughters
EDUCATION: Graduated from Department of French Language and Literature, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea (1978)
Diploma in International and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom (1983)
M.A in International Policy, Graduate School of Stanford University, USA (1992)
CAREER:
1978 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
1985 Second Secretary, Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York, USA
1992 Director, Foreign Language Training Division, Office of Education and Training, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), MOFA
1993 Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
1995 Director, United Nations Policy Division, United Nations System Bureau, MOFA
1996 Counsellor, Korean Embassy in Malaysia
1999 Deputy Director - General for Asia - Europe Meeting (ASEM) Affairs
2001 Assistant to the President of the U.N General Assembly, New York, USA
2002 Minister, Korean Embassy in the Federative Republic of Brazil
2003 Director - General for International Organizations, Office of Policy Planning and International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
2005 Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative, Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, USA
2007 Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2008 Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs, MOFAT
15 December 2009 Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Singapore
25 March 2010 Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
AWARDS: Order of Service Merit (Yellow Stripes), Dec 2006
Presidential Citation, 2000
Order of Service Merit (Green Stripes), Jun 1996
LANGUAGES: Korean, English, French (spoken and written)
HOBBIES: Running, music
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