Yoon "Kim Han-gil as Chair of National Unity Committee, Kim Byung-joon as Chair of Regional Balanced Development Committee" (Update)

Announcement at a Meeting with the Transition Committee Chair on the Morning of the 14th

President-elect Seok-yeol is arriving at his office set up at the Financial Supervisory Service Training Institute in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 14th. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kum Bo-ryeong] President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol appointed former New Politics Alliance for Democracy leader Kim Han-gil as the chairman of the Presidential Transition Committee's National Integration Committee and Professor Kim Byung-joon of Kookmin University as the chairman of the Special Committee on Regional Balanced Development on the 14th.

On the morning of the same day, President-elect Yoon held a meeting with Transition Committee Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo, Vice Chairman Kwon Young-se, and Planning Committee Chairman Won Hee-ryong at the office set up at the Financial Supervisory Service Training Center in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, where he announced this.

President-elect Yoon explained, "I asked former leader Kim to take charge of the National Integration Committee and Professor Kim to lead the Special Committee on Regional Balanced Development, and they both agreed," adding, "They will take on these roles."

He continued, "Former leader Kim is someone who can encompass generations and social classes and achieve national integration," and said, "Professor Kim is expected to draw a big picture for the new government's regional balanced development based on his long experience and expertise in local autonomy and decentralization."

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