Ontario Minister of Wellness for the Elderly

(Seoul -Yonhap News) Wang Gilhwan reporter = The Korean Minister of Social Welfare of the province of Ontario, has been appointed a member of the Korean government.

Inauguration of the Minister on the 29th of last month, he said during a phone conversation with the Yonhap News Agency: "I am grateful to be a member of the new government led by Prime Minister Minister Doug Ford I am pleased that I can join the first week of ministry in the history of Korean immigration, and I will help raise the status of the Korean Korean community in the future. "

The population of 13.35 million inhabitants of Ontario is located in Toronto, capital of Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Windsor, etc., with a budget C $ 5 million (300 billion won) is the political and economic center of Canada.

Joe was the first Korean to be elected to Canada in 2016, but was re-elected to the Conservative Party last month and over 50%.

A graduate of the English Department of the Korean University of Foreign Studies, he immigrated to Canada in 1967 and worked as a diver, cleaner and miner. And went to a doctoral course in education from the Department of Social Welfare. He ran in federal elections in 1988 and graduated from high school before being elected to Toronto City Council three years later and entering politics.