Speaker
SOHN Jie-ae
- Affliation
- Title
- Ambassador for Cultural Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Invited Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University
Biography
SOHN Jie-ae an invited professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University. She was formerly Korea’s Ambassador for Cultural Cooperation and also hosts a weekly talk show, “The Globalists” on Korea’s only English-language TV and Radio channel, Arirang TV.
Prof. Sohn comes from a journalism background, having spent 15 years from 1995 to 2010 as Seoul bureau chief and correspondent for CNN. She then joined the South Korean government, serving as the spokesperson of the Presidential Committee for the Seoul G20 Summit in 2010 and then the Presidential Secretary of the Office of Overseas Public Relations. She was also the President/CEO of Arirang TV and Radio from 2011 to 2014. Ms. Sohn is the wife of Professor Lee Byung-jong of Sookmyung Women's University and the mother of three daughters.
Prof. Sohn comes from a journalism background, having spent 15 years from 1995 to 2010 as Seoul bureau chief and correspondent for CNN. She then joined the South Korean government, serving as the spokesperson of the Presidential Committee for the Seoul G20 Summit in 2010 and then the Presidential Secretary of the Office of Overseas Public Relations. She was also the President/CEO of Arirang TV and Radio from 2011 to 2014. Ms. Sohn is the wife of Professor Lee Byung-jong of Sookmyung Women's University and the mother of three daughters.
