Moon Jae-in’s first foreign minister left after 1332 days
“My indicator is teamwork… The insufficient part is due to lack”
“The most rewarding and proud time in my life”
Minister Kang Kyung-hwa, who has led the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than three and a half years since the inauguration of the Moon Jae-in administration, is waving his hand while leaving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building on the afternoon of the 8th. yunhap news
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, the first foreign minister of the Moon Jae-in administration and the last’first-year cabinet member’, left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after three years and eight months. 1332 days ago, he started working as a non-mainstream woman from the first non-foreign affairs exam and ended his term by greeting with the executives on the stairs where he climbed. Minister Kang’s’break-up ceremony’ began on the morning of the 8th when the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Transportation Day Committee adopted the successor candidate Eui-yong Chung’s personnel hearing progress report. He came out of the office of the minister on the 17th floor and said hello from the 16th floor by going around the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “I literally went around all the rooms,” and said, “There were quite a few staff who wrote handwritten letters to deliver. Some departments said that they were greeted by Kang by posting the phrase’I love you, Minister’ at the entrance of the office. There is a reason that the official resignation ceremony was not held due to Corona 19, but it seems to contain the regret of leaving Minister Kang, who had been with the staff during his tenure.
Minister Kang Kyung-hwa leaves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office on the afternoon of the 8th and is receiving a bouquet from Vice Minister Choi Jong-gun. yunhap news
Minister Kang recounted his past tenure at a post address sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon. “Team work is only possible when there is genuine communication, so we worked tirelessly with you to expand the depth and breadth of communication within and outside the department.” He added, “I am grateful for the fruits of the effort and take any unsatisfied parts to my fault.” The last place Minister Kang stopped by before leaving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building on this day was in the press room. He said, “Looking back close to the last three years and eight months, there were a lot of really difficult moments, but with the staff, the ministries, and the Blue House, I passed a lot of difficult times,” he said.
material photo” alt=”On May 25, 2017, candidate Kang Kyung-wha, then foreign minister, is heading to the Daewoo Building office in Jongno-gu, Seoul with a backpack (backpack) to prepare for a personnel hearing. On May 25, 2017, candidate Kang Kyung-wha, then foreign minister, is heading to the Daewoo Building office in Jongno-gu, Seoul with a backpack (backpack) to prepare for a personnel hearing. <한겨레> Material photo
In fact, Minister Kang said that the USFK’s high-altitude missile (THAAD) deployment was carried out through the days when North Korea and the US exchanged “horse bombs” such as “Fire and Anger” (Trump) and “Guam-Seoul Fire” From the beginning of his inauguration, such as retaliatory measures from China, suturing relations, and a review process of the Japanese military’comfort women’ agreement between the ROK and Japan governments, they had to face the rugged diplomatic environment from the beginning. The lack of experience in North Korea’s nuclear program, North America, and diplomacy of the Fourth Powers and the’honesty’ peculiar to Minister Kang are mixed, and they have often come to the fore. It is known that President Moon Jae-in’s credibility is thick, but as the Blue House led the peace process on the Korean Peninsula, he was not free from the controversy over the’passing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’. However, there were many criticisms that the’backward talks’ of former high-ranking diplomats, who were constantly in the media throughout the term of Minister Kang, were based on the discriminatory perception of’old boys’ toward non-mainstream female foreign ministers. It is interpreted in a similar vein to what some diplomats say, “It’s not much different from what the former ministers did and how well they did”.
President Moon Jae-in is greeting after giving a letter of appointment to the new foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, who was a former non-foreign affairs official at the Blue House on June 18, 2017. Blue House Photo Reporters
Minister Kang said in Imsa Lee, “I am very fortunate that Iran’s (Korea) vessel (detention) problem has been resolved just before leaving. We are especially grateful to our Vice Minister, Director General, and the consular office staff.” He expressed his gratitude, saying, “I thought,’Our employees are working devotedly for the national interests’ every time we asked each issue.” Imsa Lee, “I have been able to work with colleagues from various backgrounds and abilities in various workplaces at home and abroad for decades. Among them, the time spent as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea for the past 3 years and 8 months, I was the most rewarding and proud of it, and it will remain a thrilling memory for a long time.” Regarding the resignation of Minister Kang, a middle-sized diplomat said, “There are not many foreign ministers who can be proud of the international arena. “I was proud of the appearance of Minister Kang as a’diplomat’ representing Korea, not just because he was good at English.”
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha leaves the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 8th, looking at the staff outside the car window. yunhap news
Minister Kang said, “The newly inaugurated Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong is our president and has played a pivotal role in the formulation and implementation of major policies, including the peace process on the Korean Peninsula. I sincerely wish to go out.” Minister Kang said, “There is no plan” to the question of future move. People around him said, “I will do nothing and rest as much as I can.” Foreign Ministry officials said, “The expression tells everything.” By Kim Ji-eun, staff reporter [email protected]