The rival parties are expected to lock horns this week over the scheduled confirmation hearings for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s latest Cabinet nominations, scheduled to kick-off Monday. The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers have hinted they plan to scrutinize intensively the six ministerial-level nominees handpicked by Yoon earlier this month. “In particular, the nominees for ministers han.
AsiaToday reporter Hong Sun-miPresident Yoon Suk-yeol carried out a major Cabinet reshuffle Monday, replacing six ministers including the finance and..
President Yoon Suk Yeol replaced six ministers on Monday in an apparent move to set free current Cabinet members seeking to run in the April general elections and also to seek fresh momentum in his leadership. It was the biggest reshuffle of the Cabinet since Yoon was inaugurated in May 2022. Yoon named Choi Sang-mok, former senior presidential secretary for economic affairs, to succeed Choo Kyung-ho as the new deput.
Park Sang-woo, the former CEO of the Land and Housing Corporation (LH), has been nominated as the new minister of land, infrastructure and transport, according to the presidential office on Monday. Having joined the ministry in 1983, Park boasts expertise in land and transport policy for decades. He is known to have played a role in shaping housing policies during the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations. .
Kang Jung-ai, the nominee for Korea s new veterans minister, is a former chief of a women s university in Seoul and known for her background as the daughter of a decorated veteran .