Lee appoints SBS official as public relations aide

President Lee Myung-bak has appointed Choi Geum-rak, head of broadcast support at SBS, top aide for public relations, Yonhap News reported on Tuesday.

Born in Yeoju in Gyeonggi Province, Choi graduated from Seoul National University as a trade major, joined broadcaster MBC and worked in editing and as a business reporter. He moved to SBS and worked as a correspondent in Washington, international and business editor and news chief.

(yoonmi@heraldcorp.com)