駐日大使、尹徳敏氏で調整　知日派の元国立外交院長―韓国新政権

　【ソウル時事】１０日に就任する韓国の尹錫悦次期大統領が、次期駐日大使に尹徳敏・元国立外交院長（６２）を起用する方向で調整していることが分かった。尹次期大統領側関係者が５日、明らかにした。
　尹徳敏氏は日本の慶応大で博士号を取得し、日本語も堪能な知日派。北朝鮮問題にも通じており、朴槿恵政権下の２０１３～１７年に外務省傘下の国立外交院長を務めた。大統領選で尹錫悦氏の外交政策立案に関わり、４月２４日～２８日に日本に派遣された「政策協議代表団」にも名を連ねた。就任すれば、尹新政権が目指す日韓関係の立て直しと日米韓の連携強化に向け手腕を問われる。（2022/05/05-11:11）

South Korea's incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol is considering picking Yun Duk-min, an expert on Japan affairs and former head of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, as next South Korean ambassador to Japan, people close to Yoon said Thursday.
   Yun, 62, earned a Ph.D. at Japan's Keio University and is fluent in Japanese. Also versed in issues related to North Korea, Yun served as head of the KNDA, affiliated with South Korea's Foreign Ministry, in 2013-2017 under the administration of then South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
   He worked to compile a diplomatic policy for Yoon, who is set to take office Tuesday, for his presidential election campaign and was a member of a delegation for policy discussions that was sent to Japan by the president-elect late last month.
   If formally appointed ambassador to Japan, Yun will engage in efforts to improve soured relations between the two East Asian neighbors and beef up the collaboration among South Korea, Japan and the United States.
   Current South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kang Chang-il has been unable to meet with Japan's prime minister and foreign minister since he assumed the post in January 2021, due to the strained bilateral relations.