Moon picks new secretaries for civil affairs, fight against corruption
Posted : 2021-07-30 11:07
Lee Ki-heon, left, and Lee Won-koo / Yonhap
President Moon Jae-in has nominated new Cheong Wa Dae secretaries for civil affairs and anti-corruption, his office announced Friday.
Lee Ki-heon, secretary to Moon for civil participation, was tapped as secretary for civil affairs and justice, to replace Lee Gwang-cheol, according to Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Kyung-mee.
Lee offered to resign early this month after being indicted on suspicions that he was behind an allegedly illegal travel ban on a former vice justice minister involved in a bribery scandal.
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Presidential official charged as prosecution wraps up election meddling probe
Posted : 2021-04-09 20:01
Updated : 2021-04-09 20:01
Lee Jin-seok, presidential secretary for state affairs monitoring / Cheong Wa Dae press corpsProsecutors on Friday indicted a presidential official in a high-profile political scandal surrounding a 2018 mayoral election.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office charged Lee Jin-seok, presidential secretary for state affairs monitoring, with violating election laws, wrapping up more than a year of investigation into the case in which presidential officials and a ruling party candidate s campaign allegedly colluded to win the mayoral election in the southeastern city of Ulsan.
Cheong Wa Dae expressed regret over the prosecution service s move.