Seoul: President Yoon Suk-yeol appointed Foreign Minister Park Jin and Interior Minister Lee Sang-min on Thursday, a presidential official said, amid a delay in their parliamentary confirmation process.
The appointments will help meet the quorum for Yoon’s first Cabinet meeting set for later in the day, Yonhap news agency reported.
Park is a lawmaker of the ruling People Power Party, and Lee is a former Vice Chief of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.
–IANS