Bank of Korea Veteran Lee Wins Lawmaker Approval to Be Governor
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South Korean lawmakers said Lee Ju Yeol, 61, a former senior deputy governor of the Bank of Korea, is qualified to take the top job after Governor Kim Choong Soo’s four-year term ends March 31.
Parliament’s strategy and finance committee approved Lee after he faced questions from lawmakers in Seoul today in the nation’s first hearing to scrutinize an incoming governor.