Jung Ki-joon, head of economic policy coordination at the Office for Government Policy Coordination, was found dead in Seoul on Sunday, Yonhap said.
A South Korean government official who helped regulatory efforts to limit cryptocurrency speculation has died, according to multiple reports.
Jung Ki-joon, head of economic policy coordination at the Office for Government Policy Coordination, was found dead at his home in Seoul on Sunday, South Korean news agency Yonhap said in an English-language report citing police and the official’s office.
Police presumed Jung suffered a heart attack while sleeping and were awaiting details from the coroner’s office, Yonhap said. A government spokesman later said in a The Wall Street Journal report that Jung, 52, « died from some unknown cause. »
His colleagues also raised the possibility that stress — following increased pressure from crypto-related duties — led to Jung’s death, Yonhap reported. Jung was in charge of coordinating the opinions of various South Korean ministries and offices in preparation for weekly meetings led by Hong Nam-ki, minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, the news agency said.
