Cho Tae-yong (left), chief of the National Intelligence Service; Cho Tae-yul (second from left), minister of foreign affairs; and Chang Ho-jin, director of the presidential National Security Office, exchange words at their appointment ceremony held at the presidential office in Seoul, Tuesday. Both Chos, as well as Chang's new deputy director, Wang Yun-jong, were appointed by President Yoon Suk Yeol. (Pool photo via Yonhap)

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday presented letters of appointment to Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and Cho Tae-yong, South Korea's new spy chief.

Yoon also awarded certificates of appointment to Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun and Ryu Chul-whan, the new chief of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, as well as Wang Yun-jong, who was designated as the third deputy national security adviser to oversee economic security issues.

Cho Tae-yul, a former South Korean ambassador to the United Nations, assumed office last week to succeed Park Jin. Cho Tae-yong, then the national security adviser, was also named to lead the National Intelligence Service. (Yonhap)