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Land minister nominee's confirmation hearing report adopted

A bipartisan parliamentary committee on Monday adopted a confirmation hearing report for Land Minister nominee Hong Jee-sun, despite the PPP calling out his failures on past projects and relationship with President Lee Jae Myung.

2026.9.21

Land Minister nominee Kim Yun-duk speaks during his confirmation hearing at the National Assembly in western Seoul on July 29. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Land minister nominee cautions against Google request for map data transfer

Land Minister nominee Kim Yun-duk on Tuesday voiced concerns over Google's request to transfer Korea's high-precision map data overseas, citing national security risks.

2025.7.29

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I'll flip it over as you said it smells!

Residents in Yangpyeong County are embarrassed after Land Minister Won Hee-ryong abruptly announced the scrapping of plans to build a highway between Seoul and the county.

2023.7.9

Talking innovation

Won Hee-ryong, center, the minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, talks with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Saleh bin Nasser Al Jasser at the second Korea-Saudi Arabia Mobility and Innovation Road Show at a hotel in central Seoul on Tuesday.

2023.5.9

Land Minister Byeon Chang-heum attends a government meeting on the real estate crisis at the government complex in Seoul on Friday. [YONHAP]

Land minister Byeon resigns as LH scandal builds

Land Minister Byeon Chang-heum has resigned after just three months in office as a snowballing land scandal consumed the state-owned company he had until recently run.

2021.3.12

Land Minister Byeon Chang-heum on Thursday apologized after a group of Korea Land and Housing Corp. employees were accused of buying land using insider information during a press briefing in the government complex in central Seoul. [NEWS1]

[THINK ENGLISH] LH 땅투기 의혹, 눈덩이처럼 커져… 국토부 장관 사과

Land Minister Byeon Chang-heum apologized Thursday after Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) employees were accused by civic groups of buying property using insider information. In his comments, he suggested that some of the accusations may be...

2021.3.10

Byeon Chang-heum, Korea's land minister nominee, at his confirmation hearing at the National Assembly's committee on land and transportation on Wednesday. [OH JONG-TAEK]

Land minister nominee grilled over past comments

Over and over again, Byeon Chang-heum, Korea’s land minister nominee, was told to apologize for his previous remarks, widely criticized as insensitive, during his confirmation hearing at the National Assembly on Wednesday. “On the day of the fatal...

2020.12.23

Concerns about the nominee (KOR)

What attracts our attention in the government’s reshuffle on Friday of four ministers was the replacement of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kim Hyun-mee. She was not replaced for her blunders on real estate policy,...

2020.12.6

Concerns about the nominee

2020.12.6

Land Minister Kim Hyun-mee answers questions from lawmakers during a cabinet member questioning session on economic issues at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Land minister blames previous governments for housing crisis

Land Minister Kim Hyun-mee stressed that the increase in apartment prices since the Moon Jae-in administration took office has been largely due to excessive liquidity and low interest rates inherited from previous governments, not a policy failure.

2020.7.23