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Opening state doors
The Statesman Siliguri
|June 16, 2025
With South Korea still recalibrating its democracy after months of political turbulence, capped last week by an early presidential election, President Lee Jae-myung has taken a quietly radical step: opening the gates of government appointments to the public.
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Now underway and continuing through June 16, the initiative invites South Koreans to recommend candidates for major public posts—not through party pipelines or opaque vetting committees, but via the official website of the Ministry of Personnel Management, as well as email and social media.
The image is striking: the cold machinery of state personnel decisions tempered, if briefly, by the warmth of popular input.
The initiative, a campaign pledge of Lee's, is unprecedented in scope. Citizens aged 14 and older may nominate candidates for positions such as ministers, vice ministers, and the heads of public institutions.
The presidential office has promised that official agencies will conduct a formal vetting process before appointments are finalized.
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