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Agence France-Presse

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday replaced his defence chief and four other ministers in a cabinet reshuffle after falling approval ratings in recent weeks.
Moon has driven a rapid diplomatic rapprochement with nuclear-armed North Korea, but defence minister Song Young-moo came under fire for mishandling a controversy over a defence intelligence unit.
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In March, documents emerged detailing military plans to impose martial law against protesters demanding the ousting of Moon’s predecessor Park Geun-hye last year, but Song failed to report them to the presidential Blue House.

Moon named Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman and air force General Jeong Kyeong-doo to replace him.
It is normal for South Korean defence ministers to be former top military officers, Song was previously an admiral.
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Moon’s popularity rating soared to 83 per cent after his Panmunjom summit with the North’s leader Kim Jong-un in April.
It has since fallen to a record low of 56 per cent in a Realmeter survey last week amid mounting concerns over the economy.
Moon also named new ministers for education, industry, labour and gender equality in Thursday’s reshuffle.


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South Korea’s Moon replaces defence chief in cabinet reshuffle

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (second from left) at a cabinet meeting this week. Photo: EPA

(L-R) Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, South Korea's Defence Minister Song Young-Moo and Chairman of the South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff General Jeong Kyeong-Doo salute during a welcoming ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Seoul on October 28, 2017. Mattis is on a two-day visit to South Korea to attend the Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) amid North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je

South Korea’s Moon replaces defence chief in cabinet reshuffle

Changes made as Moon’s approval ratings fall to a record low 56 per cent