[2025 Asset Disclosure] Minister Oh Young-joo 1.15 Billion KRW... Head of Startup Venture Innovation Office Tops Ministry of SMEs and Startups

Reported Assets Include Apartment in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul and Deposits

The assets of Oh Young-joo, Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, were investigated to be around 1.15 billion KRW. Among the senior officials of the Ministry, the wealthiest was Lim Jeong-wook, Director of the Startup Venture Innovation Office.

Yonhap News

According to the '2025 Regular Disclosure of Public Officials' Asset Changes' released by the Government Ethics Committee on the 28th, Minister Oh reported an apartment located in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, owned by herself and her spouse, as well as deposits amounting to approximately 460 million KRW under their names.

The public officials subject to asset disclosure in the Ministry of SMEs and Startups include the Minister, Vice Minister, Director of Planning and Coordination Office, Director of Startup Venture Innovation Office, and Director of Small Business Policy Office.

Among them, the wealthiest was confirmed to be Director Lim of the Startup Venture Innovation Office. Lim's assets were approximately 5.334 billion KRW. He reported an apartment in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, owned by himself valued at 1.783 billion KRW, and deposits under his and his spouse's names totaling 1.071 billion KRW.

Following him were Won Young-jun, Director of the Small Business Policy Office, with 1.747 billion KRW, and Lee Dae-hee, Director of the Planning and Coordination Office, with 413 million KRW, respectively.