Impact Player: Hong Yong-pyo

Hong Yong-pyo, is a current Blue House secretary for unification issues who was nominated by President Park Geun-hye as the unification minister on February 17, 2015. President Park carried out a partial reshuffle of the Cabinet on February 17, nominating three new ministers for unification, maritime, transport and financial regulation. All the nominees must undergo confirmation hearings at the National Assembly, however, only the prime minister has veto power.

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