First Official Meeting Between Choo Mi-ae and Yoon Seok-yeol

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol Visits Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae on the 7th

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol visited the Ministry of Justice for the first time since Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae took office, to hold a meeting.

Prosecutor General Yoon arrived at the Government Complex Gwacheon in Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi Province, at around 3:56 p.m. on the 7th. Arriving at the Ministry of Justice building together with Deputy Prosecutor General Kang Nam-il, Yoon did not respond to reporters' questions such as "Will you discuss personnel matters related to prosecutors?" or "What is your stance on the speculation that the Supreme Prosecutors' Office investigation leadership will be drastically replaced?" and went straight inside the building.

Minister Chu, who arrived at the Ministry of Justice building about an hour earlier than Prosecutor General Yoon, also only smiled and gave no answer to reporters' questions such as "Will you exchange opinions with Prosecutor General Yoon regarding personnel matters?" and headed to her office.

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On this day, Prosecutor General Yoon is expected to meet separately with Minister Chu before the heads of institutions under the Ministry of Justice pay a courtesy visit to her. The scene of their meeting will not be made public.

Some have analyzed that Yoon and Minister Chu will exchange opinions regarding prosecutorial personnel matters at this meeting. However, the Ministry of Justice had previously stated that the hearing of opinions related to prosecutorial personnel matters will be conducted separately according to standard procedures.

This is the first official visit by Prosecutor General Yoon to the Ministry of Justice since Minister Chu took office. Previously, Yoon did not attend Minister Chu’s inauguration ceremony held on the 3rd. It is customary for the Prosecutor General not to attend the Ministry of Justice Minister’s inauguration ceremony but to have a separate meeting.

Yoon and Minister Chu also met at the government New Year’s gathering, but it is reported that they did not have a separate conversation. When the Minister of Justice was appointed, it is also known that the two only exchanged brief congratulations over the phone.

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