Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik offered to resign on the 21st.
Sung Ki-hong, senior presidential secretary for public relations and communication, said at a briefing at the Chunchugwan press briefing room at the presidential office that day that Kang had tendered his resignation to President Lee Jae-myung that morning. Lee has not yet accepted the offer.
A senior presidential official said Kang offered to resign to take comprehensive responsibility as the chief of staff serving the president, after Lee repeatedly said at a press conference last week that public perceptions of his administration were due to his own shortcomings.
