Changyong Rhee steps down as IMF senior official after becoming candidate for S. Korea's central bank chief

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Changyong Rhee, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Asia and Pacific Department, will relinquish his role immediately following his nomination as a candidate for South Korea's central bank governor, the IMF announced Wednesday.

Rhee, who joined the Fund in February 2014, intends to retire from the Fund in early April.