Andrew Yeom Soo-jung

Andrew Yeom Soo-jung is a Korean cardinal of the Catholic Church and the Korean Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul. Yeom succeeded Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk. As Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul, he also serves as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pyongyang in North Korea. Aside from Archbishop, he was also the chairman of Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation. Founded in 1990, this corporation included a Catholic television channel and a radio station, both of which became highly valued Christian voices and champions of values such as peace, reconciliation, the defence of life, dignity and inalienable human rights.