Trade minister Yoo advances to second round of WTO chief selection
(WorldNews South Korea)

South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myun-hee departs for Washington, D.C., from Incheon International Airport, Sept. 15. Yonhap By Do Je-hae South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee has joined a select group of candidates in the second round of voting for the next World Trade Organization (WTO) chief, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Friday. She is among five candidates that passed the first round of the competition for the job which began in July to find a successor to the current WTO head Roberto Azevedo, who announced plans to resign early. `Eight candidates competed from July to early September, and...