Suh Wook[1] (Korean: 서욱; Hanja: 徐旭; 12 May 1963), also known as Seo Wook, is a former Minister of National Defense served under President Moon Jae-in[2] from 2020 to 2022.

He is President Moon's first defense minister with an Army background, as his predecessors came from other branches of the Armed Forces.

[5] Suh is a Korea Military Academy graduate and holds two degrees - a master's in military strategy from the Korea National Defense University and a doctorate in political science from Kyungnam University.

[6] Suh was arrested on October 22, 2022, due to covering up facts in the killing of Lee Dae-jun, a South Korean fisheries official who was killed by North Korean soldiers.

The Democratic Party of Korea claims the arrest of Suh and Kim Hong-hee who was the Coast Guard chief, are believed to be politically motivated charges.