Hong Seok-gi, director of investigations at the Korean National Police Agency, was appointed the next head of the National Office of Investigation (NOI). The head of the National Office of Investigation (NOI) directs and oversees police investigative units nationwide and supervises major case investigations and investigation policy.
The Korean National Police Agency said on the 2nd that Director Hong will take office as Deputy Minister of the National Office of Investigation (NOI) on the 3rd. The new Deputy Minister Hong is scheduled to begin official duties after an inauguration ceremony at the Korean National Police Agency National Office of Investigation (NOI) on the 3rd.
The NOI chief post became vacant on the 30th of last month when former NOI chief Park Sung-ju retired at the mandatory retirement age. With this appointment, the leadership vacuum will be resolved in two days. Inside and outside the police, there had been concerns that, with the commissioner of the Korean National Police Agency post remaining vacant for an extended period, running the NOI chief's office under an acting system could sap momentum from case investigations.
The new Deputy Minister Hong is a native of Jecheon, North Chungcheong, and graduated from Jecheon High School and the Police University's law department (8th class). Hong joined the police in 1991. Since then, Hong has served as deliberation officer for cyber investigations at the Korean National Police Agency, director of public safety at the South Chungcheong Provincial Police Agency, and chief of the Gangseo Police Station in Seoul.