Yoon Approves Appointment of Kim Young-ho as Minister of Unification... Appointment Ceremony Held This Afternoon

15th Unapproved Hearing Report Minister-Level Public Officials

President Yoon Suk-yeol approved the appointment of Kim Young-ho as Minister of Unification on the 28th.

The Presidential Office spokesperson announced that President Yoon approved Kim's appointment on the morning of the same day. In the afternoon, President Yoon is scheduled to present the appointment letter to Minister Kim at the Yongsan Presidential Office.

Earlier, when the National Assembly did not adopt the confirmation hearing report for nominee Kim on the 24th, President Yoon set a deadline of the 27th to request resubmission, but it ultimately failed.

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According to the Confirmation Hearing Act, the president can set a deadline within 10 days to request resubmission from the National Assembly, and if the confirmation hearing report is not submitted within this period, the president can appoint the minister starting the following day.

The ruling People Power Party tried to persuade the adoption of a confirmation hearing report reflecting all parties' positions for nominee Kim, but the Democratic Party opposed cooperating with the appointment process, citing Kim's 'far-right views on North Korea' and 'insufficient submission of materials.'

Minister Kim became the 15th high-ranking official at the ministerial level to be appointed without a confirmation hearing report adopted by the National Assembly since the Yoon Suk-yeol administration began.

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