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Park names head of think tank as vice transport minister

By KH디지털2

Published : May 26, 2015 - 10:53

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President Park Geun-hye appointed the head of a state-run think tank as vice minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, a South Korean official said Tuesday.

Kim Kyung-hwan, president of Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, was named to the No. 2 post at the ministry, said presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook.

Park also tapped Yoo Kyung-joon, a professor of Korea University of Technology and Education, to lead the Statistics Korea, the country's statistical office.

The appointees are not required to go through parliamentary confirmation hearings. (Yonhap)