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![Interior Minister Lee Sang-min, right, shakes hands with Senior Superintendent General Kim Soon-ho, the new director of the ministry's police bureau, at the Central Government Complex in Jongno District, central Seoul on Tuesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11074414.jpg?imageId=11074414&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Interior Minister Lee Sang-min admits his comparison of a police gathering to a military coup may have been “excessive” at a parliamentary hearing at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11487833.jpg?imageId=11487833&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Rep. Park Hong-keun, center, floor leader of the Democratic Party, and other lawmakers hold a press conference protesting the Yoon Seok-yeol administration’s plan to establish a police oversight bureau under the Interior Ministry, near the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, Tuesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10341970.jpg?imageId=10341970&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Prime Minister Han Duck-soo makes remarks during a cabinet meeting at the Central Government Complex in Jongno DIstrict, central Seoul, Tuesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11411365.jpg?imageId=11411365&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)