Koo Choong-whay

Koo Choong-whay served in Washington as minister and temporary chief of mission during the 1977 ambassadorial transition. On April 29, the State Department addressed to him, as chargé d'affaires, its proposal to amend textile export consultation levels. Ambassador Kim Yong-shik supplied Korea's formal acceptance in June. ¹

In May 1978 Koo was appointed ambassador to Venezuela from his Washington ministerial post. He later represented Korea in Mexico, returning to headquarters in February 1987. His 2007 memoir, published as Former Ambassador to Mexico Koo Choong-whay's Memoirs, covers earlier assignments in San Francisco, Washington, the Philippines, and the United Nations, as well as his Latin American missions. Its contents also identify postretirement teaching at the foreign policy institute and Kyung Hee University. ^{2, 3, 4}

Koo died on September 8, 2026. ^{4, 5}