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South Korea’s Lee nominates new finance, industry ministers

Reuters photo of Lee Jae-myung, the main opposition Democratic Party’s candidate and the frontrunner in the race,

(Reuters) – South Korea President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a former vice finance minister, Koo Yoon-cheol, to be finance minister, his office said on Sunday.

Among other ministerial positions, Lee also named Kim Jung-kwan, president of Doosan Enerbility and a veteran bureaucrat in the energy sector, to be industry minister, his office said.

(Reporting by Ju-min Park;Editing by William Mallard)