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Lee Accepts Civil Affairs Secretary’s Resignation After Asset Disclosure Scandal

A successor will be appointed soon to fill the critical vetting role in the presidential office

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Overview

  • President Lee Jae-myung accepted Oh Kwang-soo’s resignation on June 13 amid revelations of his wife’s undisclosed property and a proxy loan
  • Oh stepped down just five days after his June 8 appointment following mounting scrutiny of his asset management
  • He is accused of managing real estate owned by his wife under a borrowed name and failing to declare the holdings as required
  • Allegations also state he took a 1.5 billion-won loan from a savings bank in 2007 using a friend’s name
  • The senior civil affairs secretary vets top officials and oversees law enforcement and this marks the first high-level resignation of Lee’s administration