Anchor: President Moon Jae-in's pick for his first foreign minister has rejected concerns that she is inexperienced to deal with North Korea's nuclear program. Special adviser to the UN chief, Kang Kyung-wha, told reporters that she can contribute to the issue as it was a frequent topic at the UN. 
Our Kim In-kyung has more.
 
Report: Kang Kyung-wha, special adviser on policy to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, was on a business trip to Switzerland when President Moon Jae-in nominated her as his first foreign minister.
 
Meeting reporters at New York's JFK Airport on Sunday, Kang said she is grateful for President Moon's trust and cited North Korea's nuclear program as her top priority.
 
She rebuked concerns that she has no experience dealing with Pyongyang.
 
[Sound bite: Foreign minister nominee Kang Kyung-wha (Korean)]
"I wasn't directly involved in handling the North's nuclear issue, but I was active with many pending issues on the international stage. I plan to contribute based on that experience."
"I served in the foreign ministry for a long time. I have many colleagues there and will rely on them."
 
She acknowledged that her eldest daughter gave up her Korean nationality to become a U.S. citizen and that she had falsely registered her address so that her daughter could attend the school of her choice. She said she has already explained these issues to the presidential office and that she will clarify them at a parliamentary hearing.
 
Kang, who started out as a producer for KBS World Radio, made her name known to the diplomatic community after interpreting a phone conversation between former President Kim Dae-jung and U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1997.
 
Belatedly joining the foreign ministry as a special appointee, Kang later built her career at the UN.
 
After heading the foreign ministry's international organization bureau in 2005, she was named a deputy at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights the next year. In 2013, she was appointed deputy head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
 
She will return to Seoul shortly after ending her career of ten plus years at the UN.
Kim In-kyung, KBS World Radio News. 

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