[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Lee Se-woong, governor of North Pyongan Province and a member of the North 5 Provinces Committee of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, declared assets worth over 122.4 billion won, ranking first among all public officials subject to periodic disclosure this month. In particular, he attracted attention by owning 905,700 shares of Samsung Electronics stock. Based on the closing price on the 21st (56,400 won), this amounts to approximately 51.08 billion won.

The Government Ethics Committee disclosed the assets of 76 high-ranking public officials whose status changed between August 2 and September 1 through the Official Gazette on the 22nd.

The current high-ranking public official with the largest reported assets was Lee Se-woong, the governor of North Pyongan Province (vice minister level) of the North Five Provinces Committee. The governor reported a total of KRW 122.46425 billion, including land in Byeollae-dong, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, in his name, a single-family home in Jangchung-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, and stocks in his and his family’s names.

This branch manager is from Uiju, North Pyongan Province, and has served as Chairman of Shinil Enterprise, President of Korea Glass, CEO of Korea Gas, Chairman of Shinil Academy, National Ballet, and Arts Center, and President of the Korean Red Cross.

The current incumbent with the second-highest wealth is the director of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, Jeon Su-yong. The former director reported a total of KRW 19.458 billion, including KRW 6.482 billion in land and KRW 4.695 billion in buildings in his and his mother’s names.

Bae Sang-eop, the head of the Immigration Bureau, reported a total of 6.38822 billion won in deposits under his name, his family, and his parents, ranking third. His spouse’s deposits were the largest at 2.536 billion won, and his family’s deposit assets were found to total 3.328 billion won. His stock assets were 1.056 billion won, and he reported that he disposed of 323 million won worth of his own stocks.

In addition, Kim Hyung-seok, the director of the Independence Hall of Korea, reported 2.74559 billion won worth of apartments in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, jointly owned by himself and his spouse.

Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Moon-soo reported assets totaling 1.04041 billion won, including 510 million won in deposits under his and his spouse’s names and an apartment in Gwanak-gu, Seoul under his spouse’s name. Minister of Science and ICT Yoo Sang-im also reported assets totaling 1.526 billion won, including an apartment in Gwanak-gu, Seoul under his name and a multi-family home in Songpa-gu under his spouse’s name.

Among retirees, former Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade director Joo Hyun had the most wealth at 15.15 billion won, followed by former Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho and former Ambassador for Climate Change Kim Hyo-eun with 12.44 billion won and 5.738 billion won, respectively.

Former Presidential Secretary for Civil Society Choi Seung-jun and former Presidential Secretary for Policy and Public Relations Kang Hoon retired with assets worth 5.46153 billion won and 1.26687 billion won, respectively. Former Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon recorded assets worth 1.28814 billion won.