Politics · South Korea · 1 day ago
South Korean opposition leader calls for three officials to resign
Jeong Jeom-sik, leader of South Korea’s People Power Party, called for three government officials to resign.
He named Agriculture Minister Song Mi-ryeong, Interior and Safety Minister Yoon Ho-jung and Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won.
Jeong linked them to problems involving a farmland survey, the launch of a major-crime investigation agency and the introduction of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds.
These criticisms were Jeong’s claims, made during a news conference about the National Assembly’s government audit.
He said the officials should either accept responsibility or identify who was responsible for the policies.
The demands matter because they put pressure on the officials and the government during the audit period.
Jeong said his party would continue investigating appointments and what it described as political favoritism during the remaining audit period.
People Power Party floor leader Jeom-sik Jeong called for three South Korean officials to resign over what he described as policy failures.
He named Agriculture Minister Song Mi-ryung, Interior and Safety Minister Yoon Ho-jung and Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won.
Jeong linked them respectively to a nationwide farmland survey, the launch of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency and the introduction of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds.
He made the demand at a press briefing at the National Assembly on October 11.
Jeong said the officials should identify who was responsible if they considered his calls for resignation unfair.
- Who
- People Power Party floor leader Jeom-sik Jeong called for three officials to resign.
- What
- He urged Agriculture Minister Song Mi-ryung, Interior and Safety Minister Yoon Ho-jung and Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won to take responsibility for what he called policy failures.
- When
- October 11, 2026.
- Where
- At the National Assembly in Seoul.
- Why
- Jeong blamed the officials for problems involving farmland inspections, public security and single-stock leveraged ETFs.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
If the calls for resignation are unfair, tell the people who the real culprits behind the three major policy disasters are during the remaining audit period.
I urge Song Mi-ryung, the agriculture minister, to resign over the farmland disaster, Yoon Ho-jung, the interior and safety minister, over the public security disaster, and Lee Eok-won, the Financial Services Commission chairman, over the stock disaster.
Jeong said parliamentary audits highlighted three policy failures: the introduction of single-stock leveraged ETFs, the farmland survey and the launch of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency.
The agriculture ministry announced supplementary measures for the farmland survey the following day.
Jeong called for three officials to resign at a press briefing at the National Assembly.
- Officials named
- Song Mi-ryung, Yoon Ho-jung and Lee Eok-won
- Political party
- People Power Party
- Press briefing
- National Assembly, Seoul
- Date of demand
- October 11, 2026
- Policy issues cited
- Farmland survey, Serious Crimes Investigation Agency launch and single-stock leveraged ETFs
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