"Public officials must serve the people": Pres. Lee emphasizes core values of public service, calls for administrative reform

Earlier on this Thursday President Lee Jae Myung presided over his first workshop with government officials to share the new administration's approach to state governance.

Addressing an audience of 2-hundred-80 people he stressed that public service should be grounded in serving the people.

He further emphasized that tangible change depends on those putting polices into practice on the ground.

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He also called for the elimination of policy audits finding fault with the retrospective punishment of civil servants for policy decisions.