Kim Moon-soo, then the nominee to develop into the brand new labor minister, speaks to reporters on the presidential workplace in Seoul on this July 31 photograph. Yonhap
President Yoon Suk Yeol authorized the appointment of Kim Moon-soo as new labor minister Thursday, his workplace stated, because the opposition bloc strongly denounced Kim’s view concerning the Japanese colonial rule.
Kim, former head of the presidential Financial, Social and Labor Council, was nominated by Yoon for brand spanking new labor minister late final month.
Throughout Monday’s parliamentary affirmation listening to, Kim stated Koreans throughout Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule have been considered Japanese nationals, sticking to a controversial comment he made years in the past that critics say denies the view that the nation was based in 1919 with the institution of a provisional authorities.
The primary opposition Democratic Occasion urged Kim to voluntarily step down, citing his historic views over Japan’s colonial rule.
Throughout the listening to, Kim additionally stated former President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment was “fallacious and might be reevaluated traditionally.” (Yonhap)
