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| SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean-born American business executive who was nominated by President Park Geun-hye to be the minister of future creation and science withdrew on Monday, blaming political gridlock that has delayed his confirmation hearing in the National Assembly. | SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean-born American business executive who was nominated by President Park Geun-hye to be the minister of future creation and science withdrew on Monday, blaming political gridlock that has delayed his confirmation hearing in the National Assembly. |
| The choice of Jeong H. Kim, a former president of Bell Labs in New Jersey, to fill South Korea’s newly created post of minister of future creation and science had been the highlight of Ms. Park’s government reorganization. Bell Labs is the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, the telecommunications equipment maker. | The choice of Jeong H. Kim, a former president of Bell Labs in New Jersey, to fill South Korea’s newly created post of minister of future creation and science had been the highlight of Ms. Park’s government reorganization. Bell Labs is the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, the telecommunications equipment maker. |
| Mr. Kim, 52, was the first noncitizen appointed to a cabinet post in South Korea, and the ministry he was asked to lead is a powerful new agency that Ms. Park considers crucial to re-energizing the economy. | Mr. Kim, 52, was the first noncitizen appointed to a cabinet post in South Korea, and the ministry he was asked to lead is a powerful new agency that Ms. Park considers crucial to re-energizing the economy. |
| “I left behind what I have built in the United States and returned home so I could devote the rest of my life to the country where I was born,” Mr. Kim said Monday at a news conference. “But as I watched the confusion over the government reorganization bill, my dreams were also shattered.” | “I left behind what I have built in the United States and returned home so I could devote the rest of my life to the country where I was born,” Mr. Kim said Monday at a news conference. “But as I watched the confusion over the government reorganization bill, my dreams were also shattered.” |
| The bill remained bogged down as lawmakers argued over the scope of the new ministry, which would absorb responsibilities for science, technology and other innovation-related matters from other ministries. | The bill remained bogged down as lawmakers argued over the scope of the new ministry, which would absorb responsibilities for science, technology and other innovation-related matters from other ministries. |
| The main opposition group, the Democratic United Party, accused Ms. Park of trying to use the ministry as a political tool to control broadcasting. Allegations of government influence over broadcast journalism have been a volatile issue in South Korea. | The main opposition group, the Democratic United Party, accused Ms. Park of trying to use the ministry as a political tool to control broadcasting. Allegations of government influence over broadcast journalism have been a volatile issue in South Korea. |