President Lee Jae-myung Appoints Seong Gihong as Senior Secretary for Public Affairs, Han Chansik as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs

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President Lee Jae-myung has carried out a partial reshuffle of his senior presidential secretaries as he enters his second year in office. Former Yonhap News CEO Seong Gihong has been appointed as the new Senior Secretary for Public Affairs, and former Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office Chief Han Chansik has been named the new Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs.

Reporter Kang Cheongwan has the story.

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President Lee Jae-myung has replaced several senior-level officials, including the Senior Secretary for Public Affairs and Communication, the Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs, the Senior Secretary for Social Affairs, and the first and third deputy directors of the National Security Office.

Seong Gihong, former CEO of Yonhap News, has been appointed as the Senior Secretary for Public Affairs and Communication, which oversees media policy and public relations.

[Kang Hoon-sik/Chief of Staff to the President: He is a veteran journalist with 30 years of experience, possessing both the keen instincts of a reporter and the sense of balance and judgment required of a news director.]

Han Chansik, a lawyer who previously served as the Chief of the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office, has been named the new Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs, a role responsible for judicial policy, including prosecution reform, and public official discipline.

[Kang Hoon-sik/Chief of Staff to the President: He will strengthen the accountability of the public sector in the second year of the administration and ensure the seamless completion of prosecution reforms, including the establishment of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency and the Public Prosecution Service.]

Kim Gyeongja, a visiting professor at Woosuk University and former senior vice chair of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), has been selected as the Senior Secretary for Social Affairs.

For the senior-level positions in the National Security Office, Kang Geonjak, a member of the Future Defense Strategy Committee and a retired Army lieutenant general, was appointed as the first deputy director, while Song Kiho, the current secretary for economic security at the National Security Office, was named the third deputy director.

The position of Senior Secretary for AI Future Planning, which is currently vacant, was not included in this announcement.

Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik explained the reshuffle by stating, "We focused on building upon the achievements of the past year to implement the vision for the second year of the administration, 'An Irreplaceable Republic of Korea,' with a sense of speed."

(Video reporting: Jung Sang-bo, Video editing: Kim Jin-won)
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