[Editorial] Ministries in the crosshairs

In democratic societies, elections are meant to usher in renewal. In South Korea, they often bring a different kind of transformation, too — the wholesale reconfiguration of government itself. With the June 3 early presidential election fast approaching, Lee Jae-myung of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea stands as the clear front-runner. He is also poised to pursue an ambitious overhaul of the government’s structure. His party’s proposed revisions to the Government Organization Act would