Lee names special inspector to probe corruption allegations against sitting presidents

The appointment of Choi Kil-su, a former senior prosecutor, will end a 10-year vacancy in a role created under then-President Park Geun-hye. President Lee Jae Myung speaks at the first meeting of the anticorruption policy council under his administration, held at the Blue House in Seoul on Aug. 21. JOINT PRESS CORPS President Lee Jae Myung has appointed a former prosecutor as the special inspector in charge of investigating corruption allegations involving a sitting president's family and key aides, a presidential spokesperson said Monday.