| Birth Date: | 3 April 1960 |
| Office: | Spokesperson of Ministry of National Defense |
| Termstart: | 11 December 2017 |
| Minister: | Song Young-moo Jeong Kyeong-doo Suh Wook |
| Predecessor: | Moon Sang-gyun |
| President: | Moon Jae-in |
| Alma Mater: | Yonsei University University of Chicago |
| Successor: | Boo Seung-chan |
| Termend: | 30 June 2020 |
Choi Hyun-soo (; born 3 April 1960) is a South Korean journalist who previously served as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense from 2017 to 2020 - the first woman to assume this post in the Ministry's history.[1]
Choi was previously the first woman to become the Ministry correspondent in 2002 and a military specialist in 2009 respectively.[2] Before resigning for her new career in public service, she had worked as a journalist at Kukmin Ilbo for almost three decades from 1988.[3]
She hosted a television show at the Ministry-run media agency and completed a doctorate programme at the Ministry-run Korea National Defense University.[4]
Choi retired from post in June 2020.[5] A year later she was brought back to public service as the head of Defense Agency for Spiritual & Mental Force Enhancement of the Ministry.[6]
She holds two degrees - a bachelor in political science from Yonsei University and a master's in international relations from University of Chicago.