The President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol walks from the official car towards 10 Downing Street, where he will be greeted by Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and his wife Akshata Murty in London, Nov 22, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday replaced six ministers, including the finance minister, according to the presidential office.

Choi Sang-mok, former senior presidential secretary for economic affairs, was named as the new minister of economy and finance who doubles as the deputy prime minister for economic affairs.

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Park Sang-woo, former chief of the state-run housing developer Korea Land & Housing Corp, was tapped for the land and transport minister, while the second vice foreign minister, Oh Young-ju, was nominated as the minister of SMEs and startups.

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The South Korean president named Song Mi-ryung, a former senior researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute, as the agriculture minister, and Kang Do-hyung, president of the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, as the new oceans minister.

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Kang Jung-ai, former president of Sookmyung Women's University, was nominated as the minister of veterans affairs.