Hong Soon-young

In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.

Hong Soon-young (30 January 1937 – 30 April 2014^[1]) was a South Korean diplomat. He has served in several high-level posts, including as presidential aide for state affairs, Foreign Minister, and Minister of Unification, and has been ambassador to Russia (1992–1993), Germany (1994–1998), The People's Republic of China (2000–2001), Malaysia (1990–1992), and Pakistan (1984–1987). He is a graduate of Seoul National University and attended the Graduate School of International Relations at Columbia University.

Korean name
Hangul	홍순영
Hanja	洪淳瑛
Revised Romanization	Hong Sunyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Hong Sunyŏng

References

1. "Former foreign minister Hong dies at age 77". The Korea Herald. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2015-11-21.

External links

• Hong, Soon-young. "Thawing Korea's Cold War: The Path to Peace on the Korean Peninsula", Foreign Affairs, May/June 1999.
• Interview with Asiaweek.com, December 17, 1999.
• Text of a speech given to the Asia Society, September 23, 1998.

Preceded by Park Chung-soo	Foreign Minister of South Korea August 1998–December 2000	Succeeded by Lee Joung-bin
Preceded by Lim Dong-won	Unification Minister of South Korea September 7, 2001–January 2002	Succeeded by Jeong Se-hyun