SEOUL, June 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday named four more cabinet members including the unification minister in charge of relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Presidential spokesman Park Soo-hyun told a press briefing at the presidential Blue House that Moon nominated Cho Myoung-gyon as new unification minister.
Cho was an expert on the inter-Korean talks and the DPRK strategy who had worked in the unification ministry for a wide range of posts including exchanges, negotiations and the policy planning, the spokesman said.
The new minister was anticipated to set a new direction for the Moon government's inter-Korean policy as well as push for the denuclearized Korean Peninsula and the building of a peace regime, according to the Blue House.
President Moon was widely forecast to inherit a so-called "Sunshine Policy" of trying to enhance inter-Korean ties through economic cooperation and civilian exchanges. Moon's own version was often called "Moonshine Policy."
Three more cabinet members were nominated, including You Young-min who was named to head the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. He was a former software developer who worked mainly in the ICT field.
Kim Yung-rok was named as the minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs. The former two-term lawmaker also served as the vice governor of South Jeolla province in southwest of South Korea.
Chung Hyun-back was nominated as the minister of gender equality and family. Chung, a history professor at the Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, did the civic group activities for gender equality and labor justice.
President Moon has nominated a total of 16 minister-level cabinet members since he took office on May 10.
