Photo : KBS News Former Science Minister You Young-min has been appointed the new presidential chief of staff.
President Moon Jae-in on Thursday appointed You the successor to Noh Young-min, who offered to resign the previous day along with chief policy secretary Kim Sang-jo and senior secretary for civil affairs Kim Jong-ho.
The president named Shin Hyun-soo, a former prosecutor who also worked as a senior official at the National Intelligence Service, the new senior secretary for civil affairs.
The top office, however, turned down top policy aide Kim s offer to resign, citing many pending issues that need urgent and stable handling such as the provision of the third round of COVID-19 relief payments and quarantine measures.
New justice minister, first chief of anti-corruption agency named
In a move to refresh shaky Moon leadership, key presidential aides offer to resign |
President Moon Jae-in talks with Choo Mi-ae (center), then Democratic Party leader, and Park Beom-kye (far left), then the party s spokesperson, during a party meeting in Seoul in this file photo taken in 2018. (Yonhap)
President Moon Jae-in’s prosecutorial reform is entering a new chapter in the new year, with nominees announced for the inaugural chief of a new anti-corruption body and the justice minister in his final Cabinet reshuffle of the year on Wednesday.
Moon nominated Kim Jin-wook, a former judge and a Constitutional Court scholar, to head the upcoming Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking officials handling corruption among ranking government officials like prosecutors.
Moon replaces justice minister to push for reform
Posted : 2020-12-30 16:47
Updated : 2020-12-31 09:12
President Moon Jae-in, right, is seen with Choo Mi-ae, chairwoman of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and Rep. Park Byeom-kye, a DPK spokesperson, during a meeting at Cheojng Wa Dae in March 2018. Moon on Wednesday named Park as the replacement for Choo, who has served as Moon s second justice minister since January this year. Yonhap
Inaugural chief of investigative agency named
By Do Je-hae
President Moon Jae-in accepted Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae s previously offered resignation, Wednesday, following a recent court decision that granted an injunction to Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youl against a ministry disciplinary committee s order suspending him from duty for two months.