12 May 2017

News Story: S.Korean president re-organizes Blue House staff to focus on economy, security

SEOUL, May 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday re-organized the system of his office staff to focus on economic and security issues.

Under the re-organization plan, one ministerial-level secretary will be added to the current three such secretaries, according to the presidential Blue House.

The number of posts for the vice ministerial-level secretaries will be reduced from the current 10 to 8, but posts for two aides will be introduced.

Under the re-organized system, the ministerial-level presidential chief of staff will have five senior secretaries on political affairs, civil affairs, social reform, people communications and personnel affairs under his wing.

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