Posted : 2021-04-16 14:48
Updated : 2021-04-16 18:11
President Moon Jae-in on Friday nominated Kim Boo-kyun, above, as Korea s new prime minister. Yonhap
Kim Boo-kyum, a former four-term lawmaker and interior minister, has been nominated as South Korea s new prime minister, Cheong Wa Dae announced Friday.
President Moon Jae-in picked him in a Cabinet reshuffle intended apparently for new momentum in his leadership that was further dampened by the ruling Democratic Party s rout in the April 7 Seoul and Busan mayoral by-elections.
The president also nominated new land, labor, industry, science and oceans ministers, according to his chief of staff You Young-min.
Noh Hyeong-ouk, minister for government policy coordination at the prime minister s office, was tapped to lead the ministry of land, infrastructure and transport.