"Even if the husband can't come home early"... Laughter from aides' spouses at Yoon's remark

Yoon Awards Appointment Letters to Policy Chief and Senior Secretaries
Spouses Attend Unusually

"Please take good care even if my husband cannot come home early."

On the 4th, President Yoon Suk-yeol said this while handing a bouquet to the spouse of the newly appointed Chief of Policy, Lee Gwan-seop, at the Yongsan Presidential Office during the ceremony to present appointment letters to the Chief of Policy and new Senior Secretaries.

President Yoon Suk-yeol is smiling and conversing after presenting a bouquet to Ahn So-yeon, spouse of Lee Kwan-seop, Chief of Policy Office at the Presidential Office, during the appointment ceremony for the Policy Chief and Senior Secretaries held on the 4th at the Yongsan Presidential Office building in Seoul.
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Laughter broke out among the attendees at President Yoon's remark.

In addition to Chief Lee Gwan-seop, Han O-seop (Political Affairs), Hwang Sang-mu (Civil Society), Lee Do-woon (Public Relations), Park Chun-seop (Economy), Jang Sang-yoon (Social Affairs) Senior Secretaries, and In Seong-hwan, Deputy Director of the National Security Office, received appointment letters.

President Yoon unusually invited the spouses of the Chiefs and Senior Secretaries to the appointment ceremony that day. In the case of Park Chun-seop, Senior Secretary for Economy, his daughter received the bouquet.

President Yoon Suk-yeol is taking a commemorative photo with his spouse after presenting the appointment letter to Lee Do-woon, the Chief of Public Relations, at the Yongsan Presidential Office Building in Seoul on the 4th.
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While presenting the appointment letters, President Yoon also took commemorative photos individually with the Senior Secretaries and their spouses.

Also present at the ceremony were Kim Dae-gi, Chief of Staff to the President; Cho Tae-yong, Director of the National Security Office; Kim Tae-hyo, First Deputy Director of the National Security Office; Bok Du-gyu, Personnel Planning Officer; Lee Gi-jeong, Protocol Secretary; and Kim Su-gyeong, Spokesperson.

Meanwhile, in the afternoon, President Yoon carried out a cabinet reshuffle by nominating Choi Sang-mok, Senior Secretary for Economy at the Presidential Office, as the candidate for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance; Kang Jeong-ae, former President of Sookmyung Women's University, as the candidate for Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs; Song Mi-ryeong, former Deputy Director of the Korea Rural Economic Institute, as the candidate for Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Park Sang-woo, former President of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), as the candidate for Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; Kang Do-hyung, Director of the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, as the candidate for Minister of Oceans and Fisheries; and Oh Young-joo, Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, as the candidate for Minister of SMEs and Startups.