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Kang Jung-ai is the Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs in South Korea.

She is actively working to implement the Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s vision of “first-class veterans affairs,” focusing on reforming compensation systems for national merit holders and expanding facilities at veterans' hospitals. She is also involved in the National Seoul National Cemetery redevelopment project and the construction of a second Independence Hall of Korea.

Born on May 5, 1957, in Seoul, Kang graduated from Hongik University High School and earned a degree in Business Administration from Sookmyung Women’s University. She obtained her master’s in Business Administration from Sookmyung Women’s University Graduate School and later completed her Ph.D. in Human Resource Economics at Paris 1 University in France.

Kang served as a professor in the Business Administration Department at Sookmyung Women’s University while holding various public roles, including member of the Minimum Wage Council, civilian member of the Presidential Regulatory Reform Committee, chair of the Self-Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Personnel Management, and member of the Veterans Fund Management Deliberation Committee of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

She also served as president of Sookmyung Women’s University.

In 2023, Kang was appointed as the second Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

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