Among various other positions, Cho was previously South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2015 and South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs from 2013 to 2014. Cho also previously served as the South Korean Ambassador to Australia from 2011 to 2013, Ambassador to Ireland from 2008 to 2009, and Director General of the North American Affairs Bureau of the South Korean Foreign Ministry from 2006 to 2007. Cho has been working on North Korean affairs since 2004. He was named South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs in 2013, and then became Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2014. On 12 November 2025, Cho was arrested on charges of involvement in the
2024 South Korean martial law crisis. ==See also==