South Korea’s top presidential aide resigns following cabinet reshuffle
South Korea’s chief presidential policy adviser has resigned, the presidential Blue House said on Tuesday, after President Lee Jae Myung reshuffled his cabinet and senior aides amid a drop in his approval rating.
Kim Yong-beom was a key adviser to Lee on economic policy, including on housing and stock market issues.
Badenoch to reshuffle shadow cabinet following Patel and Cleverly resignations
Tory leader expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary as Cleverly quits to run for London mayor
Kemi Badenoch is to reshuffle her shadow cabinet on Monday, and is expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary to replace Priti Patel.
Tugendhat, a former security minister, was a leader
Veteran technocrat tapped as finance minister
South Korea’s First Vice Finance Minister Lee Hyung-il was nominated Sunday as deputy prime minister and minister of finance and economy, placing a veteran technocrat with deep experience in macroeconomic policy at the helm of the country’s economy. Born in Daegu in 1971, Lee studied economics at Seoul National Univers