President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday named a former culture minister and actor as his special adviser for culture and sports in a reshuffle that also affected six vice-minister level posts, his office said.
Yoo In-chon, a well-known TV and stage actor who served as culture minister during the Lee Myung-bak administration, was named special presidential adviser for culture and sports.
Cho Hong-sun, an official of the Fair Trade Commission, was nominated vice chair of the antitrust regulator, while Ko Kwang-hyo, an official of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, was named chief of the Korea Customs Service.
Kim Yoon-sang, also a finance ministry official, was tapped for chief of the Public Procurement Service, while Lee Hyoung-il, deputy finance minister, was named chief of Statistics Korea.
The reshuffle also saw the nomination of Kim Kyung-ann, chief of a North Jeolla Province chapter of the ruling People Power Party, as head of the Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency, and Kang Hee-up, a standing member of the Metropolitan Transport Commission, as chair of the commission.
Source: Yonhap News Agency