Tag: Lee Hee-Beom

Olympics: New head of 2018 Winter Games elected

SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — The newly-elected chief organiser of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea vowed Thursday to quell concerns prompted by the sudden departure of his predecessor less than two years before the Games. Lee Hee-Beom, a former commerce minister, took over from Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-Ho who resigned last week to focus on his ailing shipping business. Cho had been in the job since July 2014 and was largely […]