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  "id": 2918665,
  "title": "Gyeonggi Province has put off personnel changes for the second half of the year, sparking protests from the provincial government's employees' union and some city and county governments that the move is an example of \"communication-less governance.\"\n\nThe provincial government had been expected to announce a new round of personnel changes in late June or early July, but it has delayed the move.\n\nThe Gyeonggi Provincial Officials' Union, an organization with some 1,600 members, expressed regret over the decision, saying it was made without prior communication with the union.\n\nThe union said in a statement that it had proposed to the provincial government that it push ahead with the personnel changes in July as planned, but the government had ignored the proposal.\n\nThe union said it will take unspecified \"collective action\" if the government continues to ignore its opinions.\n\nSome city and county governments in Gyeonggi have also expressed frustration with the provincial government's decision.\n\nThe government of Pyeongtaek, a city in southwestern Gyeonggi, expressed regret that it was not informed about the provincial government's decision to delay the personnel changes.\n\nThe city government said it had already started making plans for the personnel changes based on an earlier announcement by the provincial government that they would take place in July.\n\nThe city government said it will have to re-do its plans and that it is unclear how the changes will affect the work of city officials.\n\nOther city and county governments have also expressed similar concerns.\n\nOn June 29, Gyeonggi Governor Nam Kyung-pil ordered his deputy governor and other high-ranking officials to refrain from making any new personnel changes.\n\nThe governor's office said the personnel changes were being delayed to ensure \"organizational stability\" and to \"minimize confusion\" in the provincial government.\n\nThe governor's office said it will announce the personnel changes at a later date, but did not say when.\n\nThe provincial government's decision to delay the personnel changes comes at a time when some local governments in Gyeonggi are already facing difficulties due to a shortage of personnel.\n\nSome local governments have been unable to fill vacant positions due to a freeze on hiring by the provincial government.\n\nThe provincial government imposed the hiring freeze in 2015 in an effort to reduce its workforce and streamline its operations.\n\nThe freeze has been extended several times and is currently set to expire at the end of June.\n\nIt is unclear how long the provincial government's delay in making personnel changes will last.\n\nThe delay is expected to cause difficulties for some local governments that are already facing personnel shortages.\n\nThe Gyeonggi Provincial Officials' Union has urged the provincial government to come up with a plan to deal with the personnel shortages.\n\nThe union has proposed that the provincial government allow local governments to fill vacant positions on their own.\n\nThe provincial government has not yet responded to the union's proposal.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/story-2918665",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T00:16:16.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/area/capital/1274287.html"
  },
  "original_language": "ko",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}