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Chae Hwi-young

Chae Hwi-young (최휘영) is South Korea's Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with a career spanning journalism, internet businesses and executive leadership.

Chae Hwi-young
Chae Hwi-young, in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's official minister portrait. · Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism · Public Nuri Type 1 (attribution) · used unchanged · license notice
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Role

Executive · Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism[1]

Affiliation

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism · since July 2025[1]

Leadership experience

Former CEO of NHN and Naver business executive[1]

PTG Database Analysis

Chae’s profile combines a current national policy role with an earlier career in journalism and technology businesses. The ministry biography lists him as minister from July 2025 and records executive posts at NHN and other companies.[1]

His role at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism gives him direct responsibility for cultural, sports and tourism policy, including the games-sector positions reported in PTG’s coverage. Those public duties establish institutional relevance; the available sources do not establish personal commercial partnerships or endorsement rights.

References2
  1. [1]Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism · Minister biography — Official Korean biography, including current role, career and image-use license notice.
  2. [2]MCST · Minister profile in English — Confirms the English rendering of the minister's name and provides the English-language official profile.

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