Yonhap notes that "the Bank of Korea....>

SOUTH KOREA: Yonhap notes that "the Bank of Korea said Thursday that South

Korea's former top envoy to the U.S. and two others have been named as

candidates for new members of its monetary policy board. The three are Cho

Yoon-je, who served as the South Korean ambassador to the United States between

2017 and 2019; Suh Young-kyung, head of the Sustainable Growth Initiative; and

Joo Sang-yong, an economics professor at Konkuk University. Suh served as the

first female BOK deputy governor for three years until 2015 before heading the

Sustainable Growth Initiative, a think tank set up by the Korea Chamber of

Commerce and Industry. The three new members, whose nominations are subject to

approval by President Moon Jae-in, will replace outgoing members of the monetary

policy board -- Cho Dong-chul, Shin In-seok and Lee Il-houng -- on Monday. Koh

Seung-beom, who had been scheduled to step down, will keep his job as a board

member until 2023."