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SME Minister Nominee Lee So-young: Two-Term DP Lawmaker and Climate Lawyer
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SME Minister Nominee Lee So-young: Two-Term DP Lawmaker and Climate Lawyer

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  • Lee So-young, 41, a two-term Democratic Party lawmaker and former climate and environmental lawyer, has been nominated as South Korea's Small and Medium Enterprises Minister.
  • She passed the bar in 2009, worked at Kim & Chang, founded Solutions for Our Climate, led the 'coal finance' campaign, and served in the Moon Jae-in government's National Council on Climate and Air Quality before being elected to the National Assembly in 2020 and 2024.

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Lee So-young is a lawyer and politician nominated for South Korea's Small and Medium Enterprises Minister position. She has a background in environmental law and climate advocacy, including work with Solutions for Our Climate and the 'coal finance' campaign.

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SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Minister nominee Lee So-young is a two-term lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), known for her career as a climate and environmental lawyer.

Lee, 41, passed the national bar exam in 2009 and worked as a lawyer at Kim & Chang, a leading law firm in South Korea.

After leaving the firm in 2016, she founded Solutions for Our Climate, a nonprofit organization focused on climate change and environmental issues.

In particular, she helped launch a social movement through the so-called "coal finance" campaign, which called for regulating public fund investments in coal-fired power generation.

Under the Moon Jae-in government, she served as a manager at the National Council on Climate and Air Quality.

Lee joined the ruling DP and was elected to the National Assembly in the 2020 and 2024 general elections.

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  • Lee So-young, 41, a two-term Democratic Party lawmaker and former climate and environmental lawyer, has been nominated as South Korea's Small and Medium Enterprises Minister.
  • She passed the bar in 2009, worked at Kim & Chang, founded Solutions for Our Climate, led the 'coal finance' campaign, and served in the Moon Jae-in government's National Council on Climate and Air Quality before being elected to the National Assembly in 2020 and 2024.

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