Cho Han-sang, senior secretary for public relations planning at the presidential secretariat, reported assets of 9.5599 billion won, the most among public officials affiliated with the Blue House.
The Ministry of Personnel Management on the 30th disclosed the assets of 362 people subject to ad hoc disclosure under the Government Public Officials Ethics Committee. Those subject to this ad hoc disclosure are officials who were added to the disclosure list between July 2 and Nov. 1 last year. Previously, officials who were added to the disclosure list between June 2 and July 2, immediately after the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration, were disclosed once on Sept. 26 last year.
Among public officials affiliated with the Blue House, the one who reported the most assets was Cho, the public relations planning secretary. Cho, formerly of Cheil Worldwide, created Lee Jae-myung's 21st presidential election slogan, "Real Republic of Korea."
Cho owns the Asia Athletes' Village Apartment in Songpa District, Seoul (2.44632 billion won) and apartments including Dongbu Centreville in Daechi-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, owned by his father and mother. He also holds 370.85 million won worth of overseas stocks, including MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, The Metals Company, Kobe Bussan, Nano Nuclear Energy, NuScale Power, and Tokio Marine Holdings.
Cho's assets exceed those of Kim Sang-ho, senior secretary for press support (6.07837 billion won), who had the most assets among Blue House-affiliated public officials in the asset disclosure in September last year.
Next, Lee Jang-hyeong, senior secretary for legal affairs, reported assets of 8.99882 billion won. Lee, a former attorney at Law Firm S, previously served as defense counsel in Lee Jae-myung's SSANGBANGWOOL case. With the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration, Lee has been serving as senior secretary for legal affairs.
Most of Lee's assets are Tesla stock. Lee personally holds 9,666 shares of Tesla, and the eldest son and eldest daughter each hold 6,206 and 6,209 shares, respectively. The value of the Tesla shares held by Lee and the two children alone amounts to 9.46583 billion won.
Kim Byung-wook, former senior secretary for political affairs who left the Blue House to run in the local elections, reported assets of 8.16699 billion won, and Lee Min-ju, senior secretary for government publicity, also reported assets of 6.5005 billion won. Secretary Lee Min-ju holds only 10,000 shares of KODEX Leverage.
Kim Nam-kuk, senior secretary for digital communications, reported assets of 968.89 million won, drawing attention for reporting 1.21755 billion won in virtual assets (coins) alone. The coins Kim holds number in the dozens of types.