Deputy national security adviser resigns due to health reasons
Politics
14:34 August 07, 2022
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- Second Deputy National Security Adviser Shin In-ho resigned Sunday due to health reasons, a presidential official said Sunday.
Shin tendered his resignation three weeks ago citing deteriorating health, and President Yoon accepted it on Saturday, Choi Young-bum, senior presidential secretary for public relations, said at a press briefing.
Lim Ki-hoon, a defense secretary, will fill in for Shin until the successor is picked.
This image, taken on June 8, 2022, shows Second Deputy National Security Adviser Shin In-ho talking at the National Assembly. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
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