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2020.07.27 17:33 GMT+8

New unification minister calls for 'bold changes' in inter-Korean relations

Updated 2020.07.27 17:33 GMT+8
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Unification Minister Lee In-young answers reporters' questions as he arrives to work at the government complex in Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 27, 2020. /Yonhap

South Korean President Moon Jae-in appointed Lee In-young the country's new Unification Minister on Monday, Yonhap reported.

Lee went immediately to work at the ministry at 2 p.m. without a formal inauguration ceremony.

"Let us make bold changes with strategic approaches, and let the unification ministry be at the center of 'the time of the two Koreas,'" Lee said in a text message sent to ministry officials.

The 56-year-old, who served as floor leader of the Democratic Party, was nominated early this month to replace the former minister, Kim Yeon-chul, who resigned over recently strained relations between the North (DPRK)and South.

Kim resigned after Pyongyang blew up a joint liaison office on June 16 in protest of anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns carried out by civic groups in the South.

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