Kim Seungho, New Head of HR Department, "Innovating HR System to Enable Work with Conviction"

Kim Seung-ho, New Commissioner of the Ministry of Personnel Innovation /

[Asia Economy Reporter Bae Kyunghwan] Kim Seungho, the new head of the Ministry of Personnel Innovation, stated, "We will change the public service culture so that public officials can work proactively with conviction." To this end, Kim said, "We will innovate the public personnel system more actively and fundamentally."

On the 13th, at the inauguration ceremony held at the Government Sejong Complex, Kim said, "The mission given to the Ministry of Personnel Innovation now is to create a public service society that works well and can be trusted by the people, and a fair public service society that the people can rely on."

First, Kim mentioned, "We will innovate the way of working so that substance and productivity are emphasized," adding, "We will shift from regulation-centered administration to autonomy-centered administration, boldly abolishing unnecessary regulations related to personnel innovation to increase the autonomy of ministries." Through this, he aims to create a public service culture where public officials can work proactively with conviction. Kim explained, "We will think from a field-centered perspective and put into practice so that the public service society becomes a highly productive workplace centered on the nation and the people." He continued, "We will renew ourselves and innovate again, taking responsibility to complete the innovation tasks once started, and steadily lay the foundation for innovation with a sense of mission," emphasizing, "The Ministry of Personnel Innovation will do its best with responsibility to lead innovation in the public service society."

Kim, originally from Wonju, Gangwon Province, is called a personnel expert with abundant understanding and experience of the public service society, as well as rational judgment and a sense of balance. He has served as Director of Human Resources Development at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Personnel Office, Personnel Planning Officer, Director of the Personnel Office at the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Personnel Innovation. During the Park Geun-hye administration, he served as Personnel Innovation Secretary at the Presidential Secretariat's Personnel Office and later chaired the Appeals Review Board.

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