Kim Yong-beom, Chief Policy Officer, Abruptly Offers Resignation... President Lee Accepts

The Presidential Office announced that Kim Yong-beom, Chief Policy Officer, has offered his resignation.

Kang Yu-jung, senior presidential spokesperson, stated in a briefing today (Sept. 1) that "Chief Kim offered his resignation yesterday (Aug. 31), and President Lee Jae-myung accepted it today."

Chief Kim, who has led the presidential policy command center, had recently faced mounting pressure from the opposition parties to resign over issues including a drop in stock prices linked to the introduction of "leveraged ETFs."
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