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BackLee confers appointment certificates on serious crime investigation chief, new ministers
Lee confers appointment certificates on serious crime investigation chief, new ministers
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Lee confers appointment certificates on serious crime investigation chief, new ministers

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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung conferred appointment certificates on seven minister-level officials, including the new serious crime investigation chief and finance and defense ministers.

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President Lee Jae Myung held a ceremony at Cheong Wa Dae to appoint key government and agency officials.

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SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Monday conferred certificates of appointment on the chief of a new serious crime investigation body, the finance and defense ministers and others.

Seven minister-level officials, including Kim Ji-yong, the inaugural chief of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency, received the documents in a ceremony at Cheong Wa Dae, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said.

The others included Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il, Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul, Land Minister Hong Jee-sun and Song Doo-hwan, chair of the special investigation committee for the 2022 deadly crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district, Kang said.

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