The chiefs of the Gwangju and Jeonnam police agencies have been replaced simultaneously.
The National Police Agency announced on September 1 the appointment of new high-ranking officials, including the chiefs of the Gwangju and Jeonnam police.
Yang Young-woo, head of the 101st Security Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, has been appointed as the new chief of the Gwangju Police Agency, while Kim Ho-seung, chief of the Chungnam Police Agency, will lead the Jeonnam Police Agency.
Yang, 56, has been promoted to the rank of police commissioner in this reshuffle. A native of Cheongju, he graduated from Shinheung High School and the Police University Law Department, and he was appointed as a police officer in 1992.
His previous roles include serving as the chief of the Dongducheon Police Station in the Northern Gyeonggi Police Agency, the chief of the Jongam Police Station in Seoul, the head of the Public Safety Division in the Chungbuk Police Agency, the head of the Public Safety Division in the Daegu Police Agency, and a police management officer in the Presidential Security Service.
Kim, 57, hails from Daejeon and graduated from Daeseong High School and the Police Administration Department at Dongguk University before joining the police force in 1995.
His career includes positions as the head of the Planning Division in the Chungnam Police Agency, chief of the Boryeong Police Station, and various roles in the National Police Agency, including the Information Planning Officer, Crime Analysis Officer, and Audit Officer. He has also served as the chief of the Yongsan Police Station in Seoul and the head of the Public Safety Division in the Northern Gyeonggi Police Agency.
Former Jeonnam Police Chief Go Beom-seok has been promoted to the rank of police commissioner and appointed as the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
Kim Young-geun, the outgoing chief of the Gwangju Police Agency, will move to the National Police Agency as the director of the Crime Prevention and Response Division.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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