"Goodbye" Ministry of Science and ICT Holds Farewell Party for Space Aviation Agency Staff

Ministry of Science and ICT's Space Aviation Agency Official Completes Work in Sejong City on 22nd
From 23rd, Prepares Office Environment in Sacheon and Starts Anew under Space Aviation Agency on 27th

Employees of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) wished their colleagues departing for the Space Aviation Agency success. The departing employees also expressed their commitment to dedicating themselves to the success of the Space Aviation Agency.

On the 22nd, MSIT held a farewell party for the employees moving to the Space Aviation Agency, which will open on the 27th, attended by senior officials including First Vice Minister Lee Chang-yoon, Director Ryu Kwang-jun of the Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters, and Director Hwang Pan-sik of the Basic Research Policy Office.

Lee Chang-yoon, the 1st Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, is encouraging employees who are moving to the Space Aviation Agency.

Until now, MSIT employees responsible for space-related policies, who were affiliated with the First Vice Minister’s office, will mostly relocate to Sacheon, where the Space Aviation Agency’s headquarters is located, following the agency’s opening. Including employees from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, a total of 55 public officials will be relocating.

First Vice Minister Lee Chang-yoon, who led the establishment of the Space Aviation Agency, explained, "We organized this event to send off our colleagues moving to the Space Aviation Agency."

No Kyung-won, the Deputy Director-designate of the Space Aviation Agency who supported the agency’s opening as Director of the Research and Development Policy Office, expressed gratitude for the farewell, saying in a phone interview, "I was able to share a heartfelt farewell with the MSIT employees I had grown close to."

Noh Kyung-won, the Deputy Director-General of the Aerospace Agency, who is being transferred from the Ministry of Science and ICT to the Aerospace Agency, is sharing his thoughts.

The MSIT public officials moving to the Space Aviation Agency will officially become employees of the agency in five days. They will complete the procedures to transfer their work and residence to Sacheon City, the location of the Space Aviation Agency, and will officially start working as agency employees from the 27th.

Lee Jae-hyung, Head of the Space Aviation Agency Establishment Team, said, "Most employees are scheduled to come to the office in the form of business trips on the 23rd and 24th to prepare the work environment." The Space Aviation Agency has a staff quota of 293, with about 240 employees working in Sacheon. The agency will launch with approximately 110 to 120 employees, including public officials and fixed-term public officials, and plans to fill the quota by the end of the year.

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