
Promoted to Superintendent of Public Safety and quickly promoted to the 3rd level to Chief of Police within 10 months.
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The nominee, Ha Man-sik, has held various administrative and field positions and is evaluated as having strong trust within the organization due to his reasonable leadership.
(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Jong-gu = Coast Guard Commissioner-designate Ha Man-sik is considered a coast guard expert who is well versed in the front line and coast guard policies.
The Coast Guard Commissioner-designate Ha was born in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do in 1969. He graduated from Suncheon High School and Korea Maritime and Ocean University Department of Engineering, earned a master's degree from the same graduate school, and completed a doctorate program.
He joined the 48th executive candidate in 2000 and served as the head of the Seogwipo Coast Guard investigation department, head of the headquarters personnel team, audit team leader, and audit officer, Taean Coast Guard chief, Yeosu Coast Guard chief, and policy officer at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.
In December of last year, he was promoted to Superintendent of Public Safety and appointed Chief of the South Sea Coast Guard, and was recently promoted two ranks to Superintendent of Public Safety, allowing him to be promoted three ranks in 10 months.
Nominee Ha has accumulated a wealth of administrative and field experience through various positions such as investigation, personnel management, and audit, as well as the head of the Coast Guard and policy officer at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and is evaluated as having strong trust within the organization due to his reasonable leadership.
โฒ Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do (57) โฒ Korea Maritime and Ocean University โฒ 48th Executive Candidate โฒ Seogwipo Coast Guard Investigation Division Chief โฒ Headquarters Human Resources Team Leader, Audit Team Leader, Audit Officer โฒ Ministry of Public Administration and Security Coast Guard Cooperation Officer โฒ Taean Coast Guard Chief โฒ Coast Guard Training Center Academic Affairs Manager โฒ Yeosu Coast Guard Chief โฒ Head Office Head of Foreign Affairs Division, Head of Operations Support Division โฒ Policy Director of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries โฒ Director of the South Sea Coast Guard

The People Power Party maintained its position on the disqualification of Minister of Justice candidate Kim Seung-won after his confirmation hearing and strongly demanded the withdrawal of his nomination. The party held a 'report meeting to the public' on the 22nd to condemn the government's mismanagement, and also left open the possibility of an off-site protest depending on public sentiment during Chuseok.

The National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee held a plenary session on the 16th and passed 42 bills, including follow-up legislation for prosecution reform, led by the Democratic Party of Korea. The People Power Party expressed opposition to most bills without voting, but some, such as the amendment to the Prosecutor Disciplinary Act, were voted on.

Jeollanam-do Gwangju Unified Special Metropolitan City requested an investigation from the police regarding the expenditure of legal fees for the personal criminal case of the chairman of the trustee organization in the accounting of Gwangju City Hospital. City Councilor Yoon Min-ho called for a thorough investigation and uncovering the truth.

The Seoul High Court upheld a lower court ruling acquitting former President Yoon Suk Yeol of perjury related to his testimony during the insurrection trial of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, citing insufficient evidence that he lied about convening a Cabinet meeting before declaring martial law.

The opposition party is protesting when U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Cathy Patel mentioned at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that FBI agents could be deployed to polling places during the midterm elections. Federal law prohibits the deployment of armed federal agents or military personnel at polling places, but Director Patel caused controversy by saying he would follow the law but then reversing his position.

While the father of the Blue House Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs and an acquaintance of the current Minister were appointed as non-executive directors of the Saemangeum Development Corporation, the non-executive director A was confirmed to have ranked last in the final evaluation of the executive recommendation committee, further raising suspicions about 'parachute appointments'.