KAIST picks Bae Choong-sik as new president

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology has named Bae Choong-sik, a professor of mechanical engineering, as its new president, the university said Monday.

KAIST’s board of trustees selected Bae, 63, as the university’s 18th president during an extraordinary board meeting held at its Yangjae campus in Seoul.

Bae is a leading scholar in eco-friendly energy and carbon-neutral power engineering.

He graduated from Seoul National University’s department of aeronautical engineering in 1985 ...