Overview
- Cheong Wa Dae announced Park Hong-keun for the new Planning and Budget Ministry and Hwang Jong-woo for Oceans and Fisheries.
- Park, a four-term Democratic Party lawmaker and former floor leader, would be the inaugural budget minister under this year’s reorganization.
- On his first day as nominee, Park called for a 30-year national growth strategy toward a “super-innovative” economy and began preparing for a National Assembly hearing.
- Hwang, a former senior maritime official, was nominated to fill the oceans post left vacant for 81 days after Chun Jae-soo resigned over alleged bribe links to the Unification Church.
- Cabinet nominees undergo hearings that do not require parliamentary approval to take office, and Lee also named Jung Il-yeon to head the anti-corruption watchdog and Song Sang-kyo to lead the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.