Association for foreign language newspapers is launched

Korea Herald CEO Lee Young-man was elected the first president of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea on Wednesday.

Through various on- and off-line tools, the newly launched group will aim to strengthen the foothold of local foreign language newspapers in the fast-evolving media industry.

Korea JoongAng Daily COO Ryu Kwon-ha, Korea Times CEO Lee Chang-sup and AJU Business Daily President-Publisher Kwak Young-kil were named directors. Korea Herald Editor-in-Chief Hwang Jang-jin was named auditor.