Education Ministry seeks board meeting on Park Ji-hyang's dismissal

The Education Ministry said it had requested a board meeting to discuss dismissing Park Ji-hyang, chair of the Northeast Asian History Foundation. Reports said she had returned to work after a court temporarily suspended the effect of an earlier suspension from duty. Suspending the effect of a measure is different from a final ruling in the underlying lawsuit, and requesting a board meeting is different from a confirmed dismissal.

The facts behind allegations about budget use, the chair's explanation, and the supervisory authority's procedures should be examined separately.