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Park Soon-ae, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, has stepped down.
It is the first case of falling out of the Yoon Seok-yeol government's cabinet just 35 days after his inauguration.
Reporter Jeong Da-eun.
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An hour after Education Minister Park Soon-ae announced an emergency press conference, she stood in front of the camera.
She made her first appearance last 4 days after she briefed the press.
[Park Soon-ae / Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education: Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, I am resigning from the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education.
I ran with one heart to return the benefits of education I received to the people, but it was not enough.]
He said he was responsible for the controversy surrounding the early admission of the five-year-old.
[Park Soon-ae / Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education: I am responsible for all controversies such as the reorganization of the school system, and it is my fault.
We wish our children a better future.] The
interview ended in 33 seconds, and there was no apology to parents and teachers for the confusion.
Minister Park's voluntary resignation came ten days after announcing the school system reform plan.
She claimed to have stepped down on her own, but it was practically close to a sack.
It is an analysis that her own leadership, as well as her trust in government policies, has been damaged and has affected the decline in the approval rating of the president.
President Yoon Seok-yeol went to work after finishing his summer vacation and hinted at the possibility of Park's sacking.
[President Yoon Seok-yeol: All power of government comes from the people.]
Earlier, even in the ruling party, the theory of hardship continued to flow, and it is said that the presidential office also sympathized with it.
It seems that Minister Park did not appear outside, and while preparing to attend the National Assembly today (9th), he received President Yoon's will and decided to resign voluntarily.