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Seoul National University economics professor Ju Biung-ghi nominated as KFTC chairman

( August 13, 2025, 07:25 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Ju Biung-ghi, an economics professor at Seoul National University, has been nominated as chairman of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, the South Korean Presidential Office said. Ju, 56, focused his research on distributive justice, income inequality and fair-economy systems. Ju serves on the advisory board of the Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. A lifelong scholar of economics, Ju earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester in 2001. He taught at the University of Kansas from 2001 to 2006 and at Korea University from 2006 to 2010, before joining Seoul National University in 2010. The statement, in Korean, is attached. ...

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