President Lee appoints vice ministers of education, science, veterans affairs

President Lee Jae Myung appointed five vice ministers this past Sunday.

Choi Eun-ok has been named Vice Education Minister in acknowledgement of her commitment to academic reform and development.

Meanwhile Koo Hyuk-chae the head of the Science Ministry's Planning and Coordination Office has been promoted to First Vice Minister WHILE at the Veterans Affairs Ministry Kang Yun-jin the ministry's first female Director-General is set to take the post of Vice Minister.

Also announced were new Vice Ministers for Land and SMEs as well as seven other vice-ministerial-level appointments including Hong So-young the first woman to head the Military Manpower Administration.