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Park Geun-hye to announce additional Cabinet nominations Sunday

Feb. 16, 2013 - 11:36 By 이우영

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- President-elect Park Geun-hyu will announce additional nominations for her incoming government on Sunday, the transition team's spokesman said.

The third round of nominations will be unveiled at 11 a.m. Sunday, spokesman Yoon Chang-jung said in a brief text message sent to reporters on Saturday. He didn't offer further details.

On Wednesday, Park named nominees for six Cabinet ministerial positions, including the foreign and defense ministers. She's expected to appoint more nominees for other ministerial posts Sunday.

Park, scheduled to take office on Feb. 25, is being pressed for time in forming her new government, as her proposal for government restructuring has yet to pass the National Assembly. Officials of the ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic United Party said earlier Saturday that their floor leaders, Lee Hahn-koo

and Park Ki-choon, are expected to meet this weekend to try to narrow differences on the incoming president's plan.