Chung Hong-won

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  South Korean Parliament Confirms Nomination of New Prime Minister

  South Korea's parliament endorsed the appointment of Hwang Kyo-Ahn as prime minister today, whose immediate priority will be to tackle a MERS outbreak which has claimed 23 lives.

• South Korean Prime Minister Keeps Job After Nominees Pull Out

  South Korea's president has decided to retain the country's current prime minister after two possible replacements for the job both abandoned their nominations because of questions over past behavior.

• South Korea Looks to Wrap up Ferry Recovery Effort

  Recovery teams should try to wrap up their search for bodies from South Korea's ferry disaster by the weekend, Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won said on Wednesday, three weeks after the ship sank with hundreds of schoolchildren on board.

• South Korean prime minister resigns over ferry sinking

  South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won tendered his resignation on Sunday over the sinking of a passenger ferry that left more than 300 people dead or missing.