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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol has decided to send a delegation to the United States to discuss security issues before the new government is launched.
The appointment of the new government’s first prime minister is also accelerating.
Correspondent Kim Min-chan.
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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol has decided to dispatch a delegation to Washington next month for the Korea-U.S. Policy Consultation.
The four-term People’s Power Rep. Park Jin will take the lead, and it is decided that the delegation will consist of regarding 5 experts in the United States during the next week.
The United States is the first for President-elect Yoon to send a delegation to another country, and the message of strengthening the ROK-U.S. alliance as well as measures to deal with the security crisis heightened by North Korea’s ICBM launch are expected to be intensively discussed.
“We plan to meet with key figures such as the US administration and Congress to discuss economic and security issues broadly,” said Yoon’s representative.
The outline of the new government’s organizational restructuring, including the abolition of the Ministry of Leisure, is also expected to be revealed soon.
The transition committee predicted that a rough draft would be available around the beginning of April once the government tasks are put together.
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“If we collect the opinions of the subcommittee by March 30 and make a draft on April 4, maybe we can come up with a rough estimate…”
The appointment of the new government’s first prime minister is also in full swing.
Jang Je-won, chief of staff, said that following the selection of candidates, it will take more than a month until the actual appointment, so he plans to select candidates soon.
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“Isn’t the verification period going to be quite necessary? Since the person in question will also have to ask whether he will accept the position.. I plan to report it soon.”
In the midst of this, Representative Lee Jun-seok of People’s Power said, “It is not right to exclude Chairman Ahn from the candidate group,” and said, “It is not right to exclude Chairman Ahn from the candidate group.” “He said.
This is Kim Min-chan from MBC News.
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