President Moon Jae-in conducted his first major Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday,... some 15 months after he took office.<br />He nominated five new ministers.<br />Gone are the now-former ministers of defense, education and labor ministers.<br />Several new vice-level ministers were also selected by the president.<br />Cha Sang-mi reports.<br /> <br /> President Moon on Thursday nominated replacements for five of his Cabinet ministers -- namely, those for defense, trade, labor, education and gender equality -- in the administration's first reshuffle since the President took office last year.<br /><br /> ""Two key phrases to describe the Cabinet reshuffle -- one is 'turning over a new leaf.' and the other is 'feeling.' By that I mean... turning over a new leaf as the administration gets a fresh start with the second Cabinet,... and feeling, as in trying to help the people feel the reforms achieved by the first Cabinet."<br /><br />The President named General Jeong Kyeong-doo , the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to replace the embattled defense minister Song Young-moo,... who's stuck in a difficult situation over the mishandling of controversial information regarding the defense intelligence unit. <br /> If appointed,... he would become the first Air Force general to head the defense ministry in over two decades.<br />And he would be the second defense minister in a row not to have come from the Army.<br />Tasked with handling the country's jobs crisis,... Lee Jae-kap has been nominated for labor minister. He served previously as vice minister for labor in 2012. <br /> For trade minister, the President tapped Sung Yun-mo , the head of the Korea Intellectual Property Office. <br />He also named ruling party lawmaker Yoo Eun-hae for minister of education.<br />The current minister had been slammed for causing confusion in the process of revising the country's college entrance procedures. <br /> And another ruling party lawmaker for the post of gender equality minister,... Jin Sun-mee . <br /> All the president's Cabinet picks will have to undergo parliamentary confirmation hearings - although their appointments do not require parliamentary approval.<br /> The top office also tapped former presidential inspector and lawyer Lee Seok-soo to head the National Intelligence Service's planning and coordination office. <br /> The Blue House has also named three other ministerial posts as subject to the reshuffle,... hinting that part two will be announced in a week or two. <br />Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News. <br />
