1st Cabinet meeting after 15-day delay . MARCH 12, 2013 01:42. . President Park Geun-hye (middle of the first row) pledges allegiance to the Korean national flag Monday before chairing her first Cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Chung Hong-won (right in the front row) and 13 new ministers. The finance and defense ministries had to send their deputy ministers to the talks because the confirmation hearings for the finance minister have yet to be held and the National Assembly haven`t adopted the confirmation hearings report for the defense minister-designate.