SEOUL: South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung named veteran lawmaker Ahn Gyu-back as the country's first civilian defence minister in 64 years on Monday (June 23), making good on a campaign promise made after December's martial law shook faith in the military.
Lee, who took office on June 4 after winning a snap election called when former President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over the martial law attempt, also named ten other cabinet ministers including former UN ambassador Cho Hyun as foreign minister and a North Korea diplomacy advocate, Chung Dong-young, as unification minister, his office said.
