Seoul's Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee to announce bid to run for WTO Director-General

유명희 통상교섭본부장 WTO 사무총장 도전South Korea's trade minister will make it official in the coming hours that she'll run for the top job at the World Trade Organization.During a press conference Wednesday, Yoo Myung-hee will announce her bid to become the next director general of the WTO.She will become the third South Korean to run for the position.The Geneva-based organization has so far received four other candidate applications from Egypt, Mexico, Nigeria and Moldova.Registration closes on July 8th.Yoo, a renowned and a veteran negotiator in trade talks, was appointed South Korea's trade minister early last year.