Seoul Metropolitan Council Postpones Hearing for SH President Nominee Kim Hyun-ah to the 27th

City Council Personnel Hearing Special Committee "Considering Level 4 Social Distancing and COVID-19 Spread"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] The Seoul Metropolitan Council announced on the 14th that it has postponed the confirmation hearing for Kim Hyun-ah, the nominee for president of the Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation (SH), to 10 a.m. on the 27th. The hearing was originally scheduled to be held on the 19th.

The Council's Special Committee on Personnel Hearings explained, "Considering the elevation of social distancing to Level 4 in the metropolitan area and the seriousness of the COVID-19 spread, we decided to postpone the hearing."

Kim is the first head of a subordinate public institution nominated by Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon since his inauguration in April. He is known as an urban planning expert and served as a proportional representative member of the 20th National Assembly from 2016 to 2020 under the Saenuri Party, Liberty Korea Party, and United Future Party. From May last year to April this year, he was active as an emergency committee member of the People Power Party.

The Democratic Party, which holds 101 of the total 110 seats in the Seoul Metropolitan Council, has announced that it will thoroughly scrutinize Kim during the hearing.

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