![Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Choi Hwi-young presents an appointment certificate to Kwon Tae-sun, the newly named Korea Press Foundation chairperson, at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art's Seoul branch in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on Friday. [Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism]](https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2026/11/06/news-p.v1.20261106.e150d2c17c70493b8f5eb8a9e739e101_P1.jpg)
Kwon Tae-sun, 71, a former chairperson of the Foundation for Broadcast Culture, has been appointed to lead the Korea Press Foundation.
Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Choi Hwi-young named Kwon to the post on Friday. The appointment carries a three-year term.
Kwon graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in English education and completed a master's program at Hanyang University's Graduate School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Kwon previously served as editor and editorial board member at the Hankyoreh, chief executive of HuffPost Korea, board member of the Korean Broadcasting System and chairperson of the Foundation for Broadcast Culture.
The Korea Press Foundation promotes the news industry through government advertising services, journalism capacity-building initiatives, media education and operation of the Press Center.
"I hope the Korea Press Foundation will seize this occasion to lead change in the news industry and help build a media environment that the public can trust," Choi said.
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