Yoon nominates Seoul tax chief for head of National Tax Service

President Yoon Suk Yeol nominated Seoul's tax chief for head of the National Tax Service, his office said Thursday. The nomination of Kang Min-soo, chief of the Seoul Regional Tax Office, for commissioner of the National Tax Service is subject to a parliamentary confirmation hearing, though Yoon can go ahead and appoint the nominee regardless of the results of the hearing. Yoon also tapped Heo Seok-gon, director of the Fire and Disaster Headquarters of Busan Metropolitan City, as fire commissioner of the National Fire Agency, and Chang Dong-eon, deputy administrator of the Korea Meteorological Administration, as head of the agency. Kim Jong-moon, the presidential secretary for national agenda, was named as the first deputy minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination. Source: Yonhap News Agency