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Korea has 3 new ministers and a new head of the Financial Services Commission.
But the shake-up isn′t yet complete.
There are more changes to come to give the presidential office a fresh start.
A year has passed since the UN Commission of Inquiry released a detailed report on North Korea′s human rights violations.
So far it has been proven effective in pressuring Pyongyang to address the situation.
The five-day Lunar New Year holiday begins tomorrow here in Korea.
While some will get to enjoy a long break, there are others who are at their busiest during this time of the year.
We have these stories and more coming up, so stick with us.
Title: Mass exodus begins for Lunar New Year holiday
On the eve of the Lunar New Year holiday,.... millions of Koreans have begun heading to their hometowns to spend some quality time with family and friends.
This year, the holiday runs from Wednesday to Friday with the actual Lunar New Year′s Day falling on Thursday and then we have the weekend, so practically it′s a five-day-long holiday.
We are already seeing traffic congestion on some of the major expressways.
According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, it′s taking nearly 7 hours to drive from Seoul to the southern port city of Busan right now usually it takes four-and-a-half hours.
To get to the central city of Daejeon... it will take about four hours from Seoul,... as opposed to the usual two-and-a-half hours.
Transport authorities say... over 33 million people are expected move around the country during this year′s holiday season... compared to 27-million last year.
Title: President Park carries out Cabinet reshuffle; new chief of staff to be named after holiday
And just before the start of the holiday... President Park Geun-hye announced a mini shake-up of her Cabinet on this Tuesday.
In the morning, the new prime minister was officially sworn in.
As for her chief of staff, she will wait until after this week′s Lunar New Year holiday to announce his successor.
Choi You-sun reports.
President Park has tapped third-term ruling party lawmaker Yoo Ki-june to fill the seat of oceans minister, which has been vacant since former minister Lee Ju-young stepped down late last year.
Yoo is close to the president and practiced maritime law in the past.
A surprise pick Tuesday was the president′s new unification minister.
In a likely move to select a figure who′s been involved in her policymaking process, she chose her current unification secretary, Hong Yong-pyo, to head the unification ministry.
President Park also named another ruling party lawmaker considered a member of her faction, Yoo Il-ho, as transport minister.
That′s two more pro-Park lawmakers named to the Cabinet, making up a third of the body and signaling that the president is seeking better coordination with the ruling party.
The opposition side criticized Tuesday′s shake-up for falling short of public expectations bec
