New deputy ministers for foreign affairs take office

Newly appointed deputy foreign ministers began their duty on this Wednesday one day after being tapped by President Lee Jae-myung .

The appointments of First Deputy Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo and Second Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Jina come just a few days ahead of the president's attendance at the Group of Seven summit in Canada scheduled to start on Sunday local time.

Park previously served as the minister of South Korea's mission to the ASEAN while Kim was a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

The Lee administration has yet to name a foreign minister a post which UNLIKE the deputy positions REQUIRES parliamentary approval.