National Assembly Intelligence Committee Adopts Confirmation Hearing Report for Cho Tae-yong, Candidate for NIS Director

The National Assembly Intelligence Committee held a plenary session on the 16th and adopted the personnel hearing report on Cho Tae-yong, the nominee for the Director of the National Intelligence Service.

Cho Tae-yong, nominee for the Director of the National Intelligence Service, is smiling at the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 11th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the same day, the Intelligence Committee adopted the personnel hearing report on Chairman Cho by bipartisan agreement. However, the report included both opinions of qualification and disqualification. The opposition party presented a disqualification opinion, citing controversial issues such as Cho's receipt of a fine for drunk driving without disciplinary action from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and his receipt of rental income from a house in Yongsan while working at the domestic subsidiary of ExxonMobil in the United States.

Yoo Sang-beom, the People's Power party's secretary of the Intelligence Committee, stated, "We judged that he has sufficient qualifications as the Director of the National Intelligence Service in terms of national perspective and work capability," adding, "The report was adopted with both qualification and disqualification opinions noted."

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