President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday nominated Lee Gyun-ryong, a judge at the Seoul High Court, as the new Supreme Court chief justice, his office said. The nomination comes as current Chief Justice Kim Meong-su's term is set to end Sept. 24. Lee is a graduate of the Seoul National University School of Law and has served as a judge at various courts, including the Seoul Central District Court and the Gwangju High .
President Yoon Suk Yeol nominated Judge Lee Gyun-ryong as the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and Policy Coordination Minister Bang Moon-kyu as the new industry minister, Tuesday.
In 1964, then-18-year-old Choi Mal-ja became a convict for fighting off an attempted rapist by biting off a part of his tongue, with the prosecution and court waving off her claims of self-defense. This case, for which she currently seeks a retrial, stands as a landmark in wrongful convictions and serves as a reminder of the abysmal state of women's rights during that era. Since then, the rights of women or sex .