Lee Jae-myung, the president, on the 30th approved the dismissal plan for Yu Chul-hwan, the Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, the Blue House said. The former Chairperson Yu submitted a resignation letter to President Lee earlier in the day with about a year left in a three-year term.
The former Chairperson Yu, a classmate from the 1979 cohort at Seoul National University School of Law with former President Yoon Suk-yeol, was appointed Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission in January last year. The term was until Jan. 9, 2027. At the time, the opposition, including the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized the former Chairperson Yu as a "reward appointment."
The former Chairperson Yu faced steady pressure to resign from the Democratic Party after the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration.