President Park nominates new prime minister, reorganizes her office 박 대통령, 인사발

With her approval ratings hitting an all-time low after a document leak scandal from her office and the government′s revised tax policy, President Park Geun-hye has announced a new prime minister nominee and reorganized the presidential office.
For details, let′s connect to our presidential office correspondent Choi You-sun via phone.
You-sun.
President Park has nominated the ruling party′s floor leader Lee Wan-koo as the new prime minister.
Lee, who′s a three-term lawmaker and former governor of central Chungcheongnam-do province, is thought to have gotten the president′s nod for how he negotiated thorny issues with the opposition as floor leader in the past year.
In fact, the presidential office said the nominee fully understands President Park′s policy direction, and has the capabilities to work with the political parties in carrying out the government′s economic and reform policies.
Today′s nomination was widely expected, as speculation has continued about when the president will tap a replacement for Prime Minister Chung Hong-won after she retained him despite his resignation to take responsibility for the government′s botched handling of the Sewol-ho ferry disaster.
Lee, meanwhile, will need to get parliamentary approval to take office as prime minister.
There is no nomination as of yet for the vacant seat of oceans minister.
The president has been heavily criticized for disorder within her office, that was publicized following news of a document leak scandal, as well as allegations of her aides abusing their power. So the reorganization today was not much of a surprise?
Right.
But her chief of staff, the one many watchers had speculated will be dismissed, is going to stay put for now.
Instead, President Park has replaced the office of state affairs planning with one that will better coordinate her policies inside Cheong Wa Dae.
For new senior policy coordination secretary, President Park has appointed Hyun Jung-taik , the vice chair of her National Economic Advisory Council and former president of the Korea Development Institute.
Two of the president′s long-time aides, who were at the very center of the recent aide scandal, have either had his office removed or stripped of his personnel appointment power. As promised during her New Year′s press conference, President Park announced a line-up of special advisers, whose main task will be to actively communicate the president′s policies with parliament.
The four honorary advisers announced today include Lee Myung-jae , the former Prosecutor General, who′s been named the presidential adviser on civil affairs.
The other three will cover the areas of security, public relations, and society and culture.
President Park′s civil affairs secretary Woo Byung-woo , meanwhile, was promoted to senior secretary after his former boss Kim Young-han resigned, having refused to appear at a parliamentary hearing for the document scandal.
The senior future strategy secretary has also been r