April 16, 2021
South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Reuters
In a sweeping reshuffle, South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday replaced the prime minister and six other cabinet members in a bid to revive his party, after devastating local election defeats, and his policy agenda.
Moon named Kim Boo-kyum, a former interior minister and four-term lawmaker, to succeed Chung Sye-kyun as prime minister, while nominated new ministers of land, industry, fisheries, labour, and science and technology.
All six candidates are subject to parliamentary confirmation hearings, although lawmakers don’t have the power to block the appointment if the president presses ahead with formal appointment.
S Korea’s Moon replaces PM, Cabinet ministers
Reuters, SEOUL
In a sweeping reshuffle, South Korean President Moon Jae-in yesterday replaced the country’s prime minister and six other Cabinet members to revive his party after devastating local election defeats, as well as his policy agenda.
Moon named Kim Boo-kyum, a former South Korean minister of the interior and safety, and four-term lawmaker, to succeed South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, and nominated new ministers of land, industry, fisheries, labor, and science and technology.
All six candidates are subject to parliamentary confirmation hearings, although South Korean lawmakers do not have the power to block an appointment.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - In a sweeping reshuffle, South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday replaced the prime minister and six other cabinet members in a bid to revive his party, after devastating local election defeats, and his policy agenda.
FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaks during a ceremony of the 102nd anniversary of the March 1st Independence Movement Day in Seoul, South Korea, March 1, 2021. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Moon named Kim Boo-kyum, a former interior minister and four-term lawmaker, to succeed Chung Sye-kyun as prime minister, while nominated new ministers of land, industry, fisheries, labour, and science and technology.
2021-04-16 06:06:01 GMT2021-04-16 14:06:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SEOUL, April 16 (Xinhua) South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday nominated former four-term lawmaker and interior minister Kim Boo-kyum as the new prime minister in his cabinet reshuffle, the presidential Blue House said.
Kim will become the third prime minister of the Moon government, which was inaugurated in May 2017, if the nomination is approved in the parliamentary confirmation hearings.
The president replaced five ministers of land, labor, industry, science and ocean.
Lim Hye-sook was named as the minister of science and ICT, and Moon Sung-wook was picked as the minister of trade, industry and energy.