SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye named on Thursday a former supreme court justice with a reputation for fighting corruption as prime minister to replace an incumbent who resigned over the government's slow response to last month's ferry disaster.
Ahn Dai-hee will be mandated to oversee the reform of government structures, Park's spokesman Min Kyung-wook said.
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