In the disclosure of assets for senior public officials whose status changed at the end of last year, Moon Ae-ri, chair of the Korea Foundation for Women In Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET) under the Ministry of Science and ICT, ranked first. Moon's assets were tallied at a total of 8.3 billion won.
The Ministry of Personnel Management on the 20th released the asset disclosure results for 100 senior public officials with this content. The disclosure covered senior public officials whose status changed from Dec. 2 last year to Jan. 1 this year.
Moon held land and roads worth more than 2.9 billion won across Yongsan-gu and Seongbuk-gu in Seoul and Yangju, Gyeonggi. Building assets were also substantial. She owned two apartments in Gwangjin-gu and Songpa-gu in Seoul, and the number of commercial property equity holdings alone reached 25. The aggregates of building assets were tallied at 4.59649 billion won.
Second among incumbents was Kim Eun-kyung, head of the Korea INclusive Finance Agency (KINFA) under the Financial Services Commission, with total assets of 6.56291 billion won. Kim split ownership of an ACRO River Park apartment in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul with the eldest and second sons. Including a multi-family house in Banpo-dong, real estate assets totaled about 6.5 billion won. In addition, she reported deposits of 767.61 million won, private receivables of 432.7 million won, and gold worth about 30 million won.
Third among incumbents was Park Sung-hyeok, president of the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with total assets of 6.30617 billion won. Domestic and overseas real estate, including an apartment in Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, and dwellings and apartments in New Jersey, the United States, amounted to about 4.8 billion won. An apartment in the Tower Palace in Gangnam, Seoul, under Park's mother's name, was also included. In Hallim-eup, Jeju City, Park also owned land worth about 100 million won. Stocks, including overseas names such as Nvidia and Tesla, totaled about 600 million won, and deposits were about 700 million won.
Among retirees, former Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Vice Administrator Lim Suk-young ranked first with 7.03659 billion won. Building assets, including apartments in Sejong and Jongno-gu, Seoul, and a detached house in Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang, were 1.73142 billion won; deposits were about 1.2 billion won; and stocks exceeded 4 billion won.
Former North Gyeongsang Provincial Council member Kim Kyung-suk placed second with 5.97993 billion won. Land assets, including rice paddies, forest land, and lots in the Mungyeong and Sangju areas of North Gyeongsang, came to 1.56036 billion won, and building assets, including commercial units, apartments, warehouses, and factories, reached 1.963 billion won. Vehicles, including cars and motorcycles, totaled six, worth about 757.7 million won, and deposits were shown to exceed 2.3 billion won.
Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Kim Chang-sik ranked third with 5.65 billion won. He was tallied as owning an apartment in Ichon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (about 1.8 billion won) and deposits exceeding 3.8 billion won.