by Park Pyunghee
Published 20 Mar.2026 08:09(KST)
Updated 20 Mar.2026 09:03(KST)
Sunghyuk Park, President of the Korea Tourism Organization, reported assets totaling 6,305,170,000 won, including a single-family house and an apartment in New Jersey, United States. Jin-taek Im, President of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, reported assets of 2,319,545,000 won.
The Government Public Officials Ethics Committee released the asset disclosures of 100 high-ranking public officials who experienced a change in status-such as appointment, promotion, or retirement-between December 2 of last year and January 1 of this year, on March 20.
President Park, who assumed office on December 31 of last year, disclosed that he owns one single-family house and one apartment in New Jersey, United States. The declared values are 928,155,000 won for the single-family house and 720,000,000 won for the apartment.
In Korea, he also reported ownership of one apartment in Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, each under his and his spouse’s name, as well as one apartment in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, under his mother’s name. The apartments under his and his spouse’s names are each valued at 700,000,000 won, and the apartment under his mother’s name is valued at 1,751,000,000 won.
Additionally, he stated that he owns a plot of land in Hallim-eup, Jeju City, valued at 109,300,000 won.
President Park also reported deposits totaling 694,364,000 won and stocks worth 607,911,000 won. He has invested in companies such as Micron, Broadcom, Alphabet, Nvidia, and Tesla, while his spouse has invested in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Nvidia, and Broadcom, among others.
Im Jin-taek, President of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
원본보기 아이콘President Im, who took office on December 22 of last year, reported ownership of one apartment and one officetel, both under his name, in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. The declared values are 548,000,000 won for the apartment and 410,000,000 won for the officetel.
He also reported a multi-family housing unit in Seongbuk-gu, valued at 159,000,000 won, under his spouse’s name. His deposits amount to 130,009,000 won, and his spouse owns two shares of LG Energy Solution.
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