President Moon Accepts Resignations of Yoo Eun-hye, Park Beom-gye, and Lee In-young

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[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] On the 9th, President Moon Jae-in accepted the resignations of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye, Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye, and Minister of Unification Lee In-young.

Park Kyung-mi, the Blue House spokesperson, stated in a message sent to reporters in the afternoon that President Moon approved the dismissal of Deputy Prime Minister Yoo and others. Earlier, ministers from the Democratic Party collectively submitted their resignations and agreed to step down from their ministerial positions.

The Blue House had delayed accepting the resignations, fearing that accepting them all at once could cause the first Cabinet meeting of the new government to be disrupted due to a lack of quorum. However, with the possibility of President-elect Yoon Seok-youl appointing up to 13 candidates, including Choo Kyung-ho, the nominee for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance whose confirmation report has been adopted, the Blue House appears to have accepted the resignations after considering the overall situation.

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