Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

End parachute appointments

An executive member of the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Maritime Engineering (DSME), who graduated from the same college as Moon Jae-ik, brother of President Moon Jae-in, was nominated to head the struggling company which received over...

2022-03-31

2022.4.1 Cartoon

As an opposition leader, President Moon Jae-in denounced conservative administrations for making “parachute appointments,” but now he is bent on appointing aides and associates at key posts at public corporations.

2022-03-31

Some things never change

President Moon Jae-in is rushing through parachute appointments in his final days in office.

2022-03-16

End the parachute appointments (KOR)

Our financial industry is afflicted with so-called “parachute appointments” by President Moon Jae-in. The government has nominated Hwang Hyun-sun, former administrator at the Blue House, as an executive member of the Korea Growth...

2021-09-05