Yoon names new prosecutor general, chief of antitrust regulator

▲ Lee One-seok, President Yoon Suk-yeol's nominee for prosecutor general, arrives at the Supreme Prosecutors Office in Seoul on Aug. 18, 2022. (Yonhap)

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Yoon names new prosecutor general, chief of antitrust regulator

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol has named a senior prosecutor to be the new prosecutor general while also nominating a law professor to head the state antitrust regulator, Yoon's chief of staff said Thursday.

Lee One-seok, acting prosecutor general and a prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecutors Office, has been tapped to be the prosecutor general, while Han Ki-jeong, a law professor at Seoul National University, has been tapped to head the Fair Trade Commission, presidnetial chief of staff Kim Dae-ki said during a press briefing.

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