By SPA,
Seoul, South Korea : South Korea’s President named new ministers of welfare, agriculture and education Monday in his first government revamping, one month after his entire Cabinet offered to quit over a beef import deal with Washington, the Associated Press reported.
Lee Myung-bak tapped Jang Tae-pyoung, a former agriculture ministry official, to take over the ministry, and named ruling party lawmaker Jeon Jae-hee as head of the welfare
ministry, presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan said.
The president also named former university head Ahn Byong-man as minister of education, science and technology, he said.
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