This video is from the Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency Chief.

This video is from the Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency Chief.

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] On the 2nd, the government promoted Lee Sang-yang, Chief of the Gyeongbuk Police Agency, to the rank of Commissioner General, the second-highest rank in the police hierarchy. This promotion came ten days after the announcement on the 24th of last month of the promotion of five Commissioner Generals, including Kim Kwang-ho, Chief of the Ulsan Police Agency.


The National Police Agency announced on the morning of the same day that Chief Lee would be promoted to Commissioner General. The Commissioner General is the rank directly below the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency (Chief of Police, 1 person), with seven positions including the head of the National Investigation Headquarters, Deputy Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, chiefs of the Seoul, Busan, Southern Gyeonggi, and Incheon Police Agencies, and the head of the Police University.


Previously, the National Police Agency announced the promotion of five individuals to Commissioner General, including Chief Kim, Song Jeong-ae, Director of Personnel Planning at the National Police Agency, Yoon Hee-geun, Director of the Security Bureau, Woo Cheol-moon, Director of Investigation Planning and Coordination at the National Investigation Headquarters, and Park Ji-young, Chief of the Jeonnam Police Agency. With the additional promotion of Chief Lee to Commissioner General on this day, all six Commissioner Generals, except for Nam Gu-jun, head of the National Investigation Headquarters whose term remains until February next year, have been replaced.



The appointment of the promoted Commissioner Generals is expected to proceed after consultation with the city and provincial autonomous police committees. The National Police Agency stated, "In accordance with relevant laws, we will proceed with the consultation process with the city and provincial autonomous police committees." The consultation process with these committees takes about a week, and accordingly, the personnel transfers of these officials are expected to take place early next week at the earliest.


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