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President Park expected to reshuffle Cabinet this week
By carrying out a Cabinet reshuffle since nominating a new prime minister last Friday, President Park Geun-hye likely hopes to regain public support for her economic policies as she enters her third year in office. The president's approval ratings dropped to an all-time low of 30 percent, following allegations of her aides abusing their power and disorder surrounding a document leak from the presidential office. The pending reshuffle, expected to come early this week, will most definitely include a new oceans minister. A ruling party lawmaker close to the president, Yoo Ki-june, who once practiced maritime law, is a widely talked-about candidate, as is current Busan Mayor Suh Byung-soo. The shake-up could also include the unification and transport ministers, both of whom entered the Cabinet after President Park's in...
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