spokesman

Spokesperson is a person who expresses opinions or attitudes on behalf of any person or organization . If you simply look at the definition, it seems to just convey words, but the spokesman can take a big deal to the organization with a single comment on behalf of the group. Therefore, the role is never small, and the status is quite high because it uses the proven number of people who will not make such a mistake.

Spokespersons in government organizations are usually used for first-time director-level positions.[1] Elites who are recognized within an organization are promoted to better positions while working there. Starting in 2023, the government upgraded spokespersons for some ministries to first-class positions.[2] In the case of First Vice Minister of Health Hyun Soo-yeop , he was promoted from spokesperson to vice minister.

Spokespeople exist not only in political parties and the administration, but also in companies and hospitals .[3] There is also a spokesperson for each individual.

The party spokesperson and floor spokesperson in the party are the party's signboards that convey the party's official stance on various agenda items . The spokesperson's image in briefing articles and news related to policy or commentary is often used as data. Many first-term National Assembly members who are announcers or broadcasters with good pronunciation and enunciation take on this role due to the nature of their jobs.[4][5]

The "officials" commonly seen in government -related news articles are spokesman for each department. In the midst of the camera, the spokesman says that the spokesman is anonymous, so through the backbreak, and the reporters use it as "according to the official." If a person's words are cited in common in many media, they are almost certain.

Since only the word "official" is mentioned and no clear source is revealed, we often see reporters wondering if they are writing an article with a strange source. However, since it is a statement from a spokesperson, it cannot be said to be a suspicious source. However, spokespersons have no choice but to be cautious as their remarks are " official ," and therefore they rarely speak in a way that answers the public 's curiosity. Therefore, one may suspect that the spokespeople only understand part of the facts by looking at their outward remarks, but in many cases, the opposite is true. To put it simply, a spokesperson is a person who has a broad understanding of not only the intimate facts of a specific issue but also the intentions of the parties within the organization involved in it. This is because you need to know very much about a specific issue to be able to estimate the extent to which you will be exposed and what the ramifications of that exposure will be. It's not that reporters don't know this, so they are so obsessed with it that they say, "Please tell me!" I'm not shouting.

A spokesperson is not a herald who simply conveys words, so political intelligence and sense are required. Politics is always driven by a cause, and there are no exceptions even if it is a party theory formed through autonomous decisions within the party. In short, even when people from the same party gather together, there is a possibility that they will never fully reveal their true feelings. Therefore, the spokesperson must be able to accurately understand what the party's justification is on the surface and what the intention behind it is, and only then will they be able to convey the message by constructing logic in their favor. Even the alumni book answer is actually a strategy of deflecting the issue by saying absurd nonsense that an ordinary person would not even think of in response to questions from reporters who have experienced all kinds of hardships, without even changing their expressions.[6] In reality, the basis for this can be cited as the fact that political party spokespeople who appear on various political current affairs programs are often able to engage in political discussion or express opinions at a significant level.

Under the Government Organization Act , the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is in charge of the government's work on public relations and government announcements .[7]

Originally, an organization called the Government Information Agency was in charge of the role of spokesperson for the government of the Republic of Korea , but in 2008, due to government reorganization, it was merged with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to become the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

However, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism is only nominally designated, and unless there is a major political or diplomatic matter of the Government of the Republic of Korea, the spokesperson of the Presidential Secretariat in the item immediately below plays the role of actual government spokesperson.

There is a Spokesperson's Office under the Office of the Senior Secretary for Public Relations and Communications in the Presidential Secretariat , and there is a Spokesperson and a Deputy Spokesperson . Considering the status of the Presidential Secretariat, the position of Senior Secretary for Public Relations and Communication can be considered the pinnacle of the position of spokesperson in the Republic of Korea.

A spokesperson is appointed under the Chief of the Prime Minister's Secretariat , and the Director of Public Affairs concurrently serves as the Chief of Staff (Article 4, Paragraph 1 of the Prime Minister's Secretariat Organization). However, it seems more common to simply refer to him as the head of public affairs rather than a spokesperson.

In the past, a senior press secretary was appointed in the Secretariat of the Speaker of the National Assembly, and a spokesperson was appointed in the National Assembly Secretariat in 2009 (Article 6-2 of the former National Assembly Secretariat Act (Act No. 17337, May 29, 2020). Due to reflective consideration that the scope of work was too broad, the spokesperson system was abolished around the inauguration of the 21st National Assembly . Accordingly, the system of senior press secretaries was returned to the past.

Each central administrative agency has a spokesperson as an aide to the head ( excluding the National Intelligence Service and the Korea Communications Commission ).

In the case of departments or committees, it is general that they are classified as high-ranking civil servants , and in the case of departments and offices, they are classified as 3rd or 4th grade, not high corporations.

The government announced that from the end of July 2023, the rank of spokesman for seven ministries, including the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, will be upgraded to the senior civil service rank .

Previously, only spokespersons for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were at the rank of senior civil servants , but spokespersons for a total of eight departments were at the level of directors.

On the other hand, there are ministries that correspond to the exception of the principle of position, which are as follows.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , and the Ministry of Defense have a spokesman under the spokesman.

However, the deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security is concurrently appointed by the deputy spokesperson of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (a public official belonging to the disaster management agency by type of disaster and accident concurrently serves).

The court also has a public information officer system that is not named 'spokesperson', but actually corresponds to a spokesperson.
Court Officials Training Center All but public information officers are appointed as judges , so they are commonly referred to as 'public information judges'. It has been implemented in earnest since 2006, and once you are designated as a public affairs judge, you will hold the position for about 1 to 2 years. #

The public information officer of each level court excitedly publicized that 'our court made such an epoch-making ruling', but it often happens that the judgment is overturned by the higher court (...).

A spokesperson is assigned to the Secretariat of the Board of Audit and Inspection (Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the Organization of the Office of Audit and Inspection), and a public official in general service belonging to the Senior Audit and Inspection Officials Group (Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the same organization).

A spokesperson is appointed under the Secretary General of the National Election Commission (Article 2 Paragraph 2 of the Rules on the Office of the National Election Commission).

Each political party often has a spokesperson. Usually, when people who appear as representatives of each political party on political radio or TV programs are not members of the National Assembly of each party, they are often spokespeople for that party. Since there are quite a number of political party spokespersons, even those who represent the party's opinions have different inclinations, so the basic framework of speech is similar, but when individual opinions are involved, opinions that differ in details often come out.

The Political Party Act does not explicitly stipulate spokespersons , but Article 29 stipulates that party institutions, etc. are determined by the party constitution and rules, so political parties that have spokespersons stipulate this in the party constitution and rules.

Most of them are appointed positions, but in the power of the people , I am a national university , and the Democratic Party was selected in public auditions such as the Blues Picker.

It is also common to have a floor spokesperson in the parliamentary organization separate from the party spokesperson. The main task is to convey the decisions of the floor leader and the floor leadership to the media. Although this is not stipulated in the party constitution, the floor spokesperson is appointed by the floor leader due to the nature of being 'inside the floor' and is appointed by an active member of the National Assembly. In the case of the People Power Party, the name of the floor spokesperson is 'Chief Spokesperson'. In addition to the central spokesperson mentioned above, there are many cases where each regional party has a separate spokesperson.

As the frequency of speaking and appearing on various media such as broadcasting is high, it is also an opportunity where awareness among the general public naturally increases. In particular, there are quite a few cases in which he raises his weight as a politician by receiving attention for his excellent speech at National Assembly press conferences or TV debates. Conversely, if the spokesperson's speaking skills are poor, he or she may be caught in the crossfire of the media, and in this case, the party's image will also suffer. For this reason, former reporters and announcers are often hired, and there are also cases where politicians who were prosecutors or judges, who require logical speaking skills due to the nature of their jobs, become spokespersons.

A representative politician who served as a spokesperson is former National Assembly Speaker Park Hee-tae .[13]

Special mayors, metropolitan mayors, special self-governing mayors, provincial governors , and special self-governing governors who are heads of organizations also have spokespersons. There is a public notice in the local council .

The Presidential Transition Committee may also have a spokesperson, and in this case, the spokesperson is appointed from among the members (the back of Article 4, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 4 of the Enforcement Decree of the Presidential Transition Act).

There is one spokesperson under the provincial secretary general of the Advisory Council for Democratic and Peaceful Unification (Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the Secretariat Organization of the Advisory Council for Democratic and Peaceful Unification).

It appears indispensably in mid-air and American films that come out as American political material . His full title is Press Secretary.

In the case of China , leading organizations such as the Communist Party of China and the State Council of China do not have separate spokespeople, but each department under the State Council has a spokesperson who mainly announces national policies.[14] However, since the Chinese leadership also needs to disclose personnel decisions and the results of major meetings to the public, there are officials in charge of contacting the media. Usually, such news is made public through Xinhua News Agency, a state-run news agency, and is then disseminated to the public in the form of reprints by other media outlets. The CPPCC and the National People's Congress , which are equivalent to the National Assembly, have spokesmen.