New defense chief inaugurated – Yonhap News Agency

New defense chief inaugurated  Yonhap News Agency

Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul attended an inauguration ceremony at the defense ministry in Seoul on Sept. 22, 2026. The verified material identifies Kang as the new defense minister and says the ceremony was held to mark his inauguration. It places the event at the defense ministry rather than elsewhere in Seoul, and identifies the date as Sept. 22, 2026. The material does not identify any other attendees or describe what occurred during the ceremony. The available evidence names Seoul as the city in which the defense ministry ceremony was held.

It links Kang’s attendance to the inauguration and identifies him as the ministry’s new minister. The event is dated Sept. 22, 2026, and is described as a ceremony marking the inauguration. Kang is the only person named in the verified material. No remarks, agenda, appointments, policy statements, or additional ceremony details are included in the source evidence provided. Both the date and location are specified in the verified material: Sept. 22, 2026, at the defense ministry in Seoul. Kang attended that ceremony, the material says.