South Korea's Lee names Koo Yun-cheol finance minister, makes other picks


South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has announced his picks for several positions across the goverenment. - Photo: Reuters

SEOUL: South Korea President Lee Jae Myung has chosen a former vice finance minister, Koo Yun-cheol, to be his finance minister, his office said on Sunday (June 29).

Koo is widely known as a policy expert, serving different positions across the government and authoring books on South Korea's innovation and growth, most recently on artificial intelligence, Lee's chief of staff, Kang Hoon-sik, told a briefing.

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