Professor Kim Eun-kyung, Former Deputy Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, Appointed Head of the Democratic Party Innovation Committee

The Democratic Party of Korea appointed Kim Eun-kyung, a professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Law School and an external figure, as the head of the innovation organization on the 15th.

This comes ten days after Lee Nae-kyung, Honorary Chairman of Another Hundred Years, who was appointed as the Innovation Committee Chair on the 5th, resigned on the day of his appointment due to controversy over remarks such as the 'Cheonan ship self-destruction.'

Senior Spokesperson Kwon Chil-seung stated after a closed emergency Supreme Council meeting that day, "There was a resolution to establish an organization for party innovation," and "Professor Kim Eun-kyung was appointed as the chairperson."

Spokesperson Kwon said, "She is principled, reform-minded, and has not been involved in politics for a long time, so freshness was also greatly reflected," adding, "If principles are properly upheld, reform is unnecessary, and upholding principles is the first step of reform."

Professor Kim served as the Deputy Governor (Director of the Financial Consumer Protection Department) of the Financial Supervisory Service during the Moon Jae-in administration. She is also evaluated to have the capability due to her experience as a party audit committee member of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (the predecessor of the Democratic Party) led by then-Leader Moon Jae-in in 2015.

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