The Director, July 3 -- General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appointedJong-Jin Kim as Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific yesterday.

Kim, a national of the Republic of Korea, has a long and distinguished career in public service. He joined FAO in 2013 as Director of South-South Cooperation and Resource Mobilization Division (TCS) and immediately prior to his present appointment, he had been serving as FAO's Deputy Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand.

Just prior to joining FAO, Kim served as the Deputy Minister for Trade at the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) in the Repu...