President Lee Jae-myung is considering additional cabinet reshuffles and personnel changes in the Blue House following the upcoming National Assembly hearings. ^[1] Gallup Korea reported on 2026-07-31 that Lee Jae-myung's approval rating fell to 38.9%, the first time it entered the 30s, and that negative assessment stood at 58.7%. ^[2] President Lee Jae-myung nominated new minister candidates for six ministries on 2026-07-30, marking the first cabinet reshuffle of his administration. ^[3] President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating for his national performance dropped to 38.9%, the lowest since he took office, according to a Real Meter survey. ^[4] A key government official stated that personnel changes should be made once the new cabinet stabilizes to avoid policy confusion. ^[5] President Lee Jae-myung has already restructured six ministries, including the Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance. ^[6] The administration is evaluating further changes to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and President Policy Office Director Kim Yong-beom. ^[7] Kim Yong-beom, the Blue House policy chief, resigned on 2026-08-01 amid blame for housing policy failures and the single-stock leveraged ETF issue that contributed to stock market instability. ^[8] Yong Hye-in, the gender equality minister nominee and Basic Income Party lawmaker, faced criticism from within the progressive camp for being elected twice as a proportional representative through satellite parties, and she supports the abolition of the prosecution's supplementary investigation power, a position some women's groups oppose on sexual crime victim protection grounds; she also refused to resign her proportional seat, saying she is the Basic Income Party's only lawmaker and her resignation would make it an extra-parliamentary party. ^[9] President Lee Jae-myung stated that the government will do everything necessary to eliminate 'national-destructive real estate speculation' and reform the tax system to address it from the perspective of tax justice. ^[10] The government proposed a controversial plan to purchase distressed homes in large quantities for public housing use, citing increased loan delinquencies and auction surges as reasons. ^[11] The government recently reshuffled its cabinet, replacing the ministers of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. ^[12]