Yoon names new vice ministers of environment, labor and intellectual property office chief

President Yoon Suk Yeol has appointed the new vice ministers for labor and environment, as well as the chief of the intellectual property office, his office said Thursday. Lee Byoung-hwa, the presidential secretary for climate and environment, was tapped as the vice minister of environment. Kim Min-suk, currently serving as the presidential secretary for employment and labor, was named the vice minister of employment and labor. Kim Wan-ki, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, was appointed as the new commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Source: Yonhap News Agency