Lee Jae-myung has nominated 17 out of 19 ministers – and one of them was part of the Cabinet of his impeached predecessor.
Less than four weeks after he assumed the presidency, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has nominated 17 out of 19 ministers to replace the Cabinet members of his predecessor, Yoon Suk-yeol, who was removed from office by the Constitutional Court on April 4.
As the June 3 presidential election was a “snap election” – scheduled after Yoon’s impeachment for his illegitimate declaration of martial law – Lee immediately assumed the pres
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