President Yoon to Replace 1st and 2nd Vice Ministers of Ministry of Science and ICT Simultaneously... "Personnel Reform Needed"

Science and Technology Chief's Secretary to Be Appointed Soon

President Yoon Suk-yeol is speaking at the 12th "Public Livelihood Discussion" held under the theme "Daejeon, the Science Capital Innovating the Republic of Korea" on the 16th at ICC Hotel in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.
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President Yoon Suk-yeol is reportedly set to soon carry out personnel changes for the 1st and 2nd Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Science and ICT.

According to the presidential office on the 22nd, the announcement of the new 1st and 2nd Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Science and ICT is expected as early as the 23rd. It is explained that the vice minister replacements will be made due to the need for an overall overhaul of the ministry that handles science, technology, and information and communication policies.

Earlier, on the night of the 7th, President Yoon answered the question "What kind of president do you want to be remembered as?" on KBS 1TV's 'Special Talk: Visiting the Presidential Office' by saying, "A warm president who cherishes children a lot, and a president who prepared for the future through the development of science and technology." On the 16th, he also presided over a public discussion forum on science and technology in Daejeon and called for reforms of the national research and development system.

This vice minister replacement is interpreted as an effort to change the atmosphere through personnel renewal and to more strongly drive policies across the entire field of science and technology.

Cho Sung-kyung, the 1st Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, is a former science and technology secretary at the presidential office and has served as vice minister since July last year.

Park Yoon-gyu, the 2nd Vice Minister, has built his career mainly in the information and communication sector and was appointed in June 2022, shortly after the Yoon Suk-yeol administration began.

The presidential office is also reported to soon appoint secretaries under the new Chief of Science and Technology, Park Sang-wook. The Chief of Science and Technology office currently has vacancies for secretaries in three of its four divisions?▲Research and Development (R&D) Innovation, ▲Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Digital, ▲Advanced Bio, and ▲Future & Strategic Technology?except for the R&D Innovation division, where the former science secretary Choi Won-ho has moved.

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