New Governmnet Reveals Reform Plan

The government is to be scaled down from the current 18 ministries to 13 according to the government’s structural reform plan revealed on Jan. 16. Unification, information, Science, Maritime, and gender equality ministries will be all abolished and the post of vice prime minister will be scrapped as well. With the major government reforms, more than 6,900 civil servants will be shed as a result.