Blue House National Security Office Appoints 54 to Policy Advisory Committee... "Security Is a Matter of Survival Beyond Partisan Politics"

Wi Seongrak, Director of the National Security Office (right), is speaking with National Security Office officials at a senior presidential secretaries' meeting presided over by President Lee Jaemyung at Yeomin-gwan of the Blue House on the 5th. Photo by Yonhap News

The National Security Office of the Blue House announced on the 11th that it had appointed the first-term members of its Policy Advisory Committee and held a plenary meeting.

This Policy Advisory Committee of the National Security Office was established to support the government's "national-interest-centered diplomacy and security." It is the first such body launched since President Lee Jaemyung took office.

The committee has been organized into six subcommittees: defense, diplomacy, unification, economic security, cyber security, and disaster management. In addition to traditional security threats, it will also focus on developing response measures to a wide range of challenges arising from the rapidly changing international environment, including new security issues, economic security, and disaster management. The advisory members consist of 54 experts in each field.

Wi Sungrak, director of the National Security Office, personally presided over the appointment ceremony and reviewed opinions on key security issues through the sharing of policy proposals and a comprehensive discussion. Director Wi stressed, "National security is a matter of the people's survival that goes beyond partisan politics," and added, "Please do not hesitate to offer frank opinions and creative proposals regarding our government's policies."

The Policy Advisory Committee of the National Security Office plans to continue providing advice on policy formulation and major pending issues through plenary sessions, subcommittee meetings, and real-time social networking services (SNS).