Why South Korea’s Transport Ministry Union Welcomed the Minister Nominee
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- President Lee Jae-myung nominated Vice Minister Hong Ji-sun to succeed Kim Yun-deok as transport minister.
- The ministry’s civil servants’ union welcomed Hong as “the right person to continue policy continuity.”
South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport union welcomed President Lee Jae-myung’s nomination of Vice Minister Hong Ji-sun as the ministry’s next minister.
The union described Hong as “the right person to continue policy continuity.” It has also welcomed previous nominations of vice ministers from within the ministry, although the brief account highlights Hong’s background as a local government official and his nine-month tenure as vice minister.
The right person to continue policy continuity.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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