Kim Bok-hyeong, a judge of the Seoul High Court, was nominated Tuesday to become a new justice of the Constitutional Court.

The Supreme Court said its Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae nominated Kim to replace justice Lee Eun-ae following her retirement next month.

If appointed following a parliamentary confirmation hearing, Kim will keep at three the number of women on the Constitutional Court’s nine-person bench.

Source: Yonhap News Agency