President Lee picks new education, gender minister candidates

President Lee Jae Myung has named new nominees to head the Education and Gender Equality ministries.

Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik announced on this Wednesday that Choi Kyo-jin the current superintendent of Sejong Metropolitan City Office of Education has been tapped as the new Education Minister a post that also serves as Deputy Prime Minister.

Kang described Choi as an "education expert" who has dedicated four decades to the academic arena.

Lawyer Won Min-kyong who has served on the National Assembly's Gender Equality Advisory Committee has been picked as Minister of Gender Equality and Family.

Both positions have remained vacant after the president's initial picks withdrew and resigned respectively following allegations of plagiarism and workplace abuse.