Election officers type by means of ballots at a counting station for the native elections in Seoul on June 3, 2026. (Picture by Pedro Pardo / AFP through Getty Photos)
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has chosen Han Seongsook, the nation’s minister for small and midsize companies and startups, to be prime minister, the presidential workplace stated on Sunday.
If authorised by parliament, Han would turn out to be South Korea’s first feminine prime minister in 20 years.
Han, who had additionally beforehand served as chief govt of South Korean web big Naver, is predicted to steer the nation’s AI transformation, South Korea’s presidential chief of employees Kang Hoon-sik stated at a press briefing.
“Han will have the ability to remodel South Korea’s financial development – pushed by the semiconductor increase and rising exports – into inclusive development that reaches everybody, together with small and medium-sized enterprises,” Kang stated.
The function of prime minister is essentially ceremonial and administrative underneath South Korea’s presidential system.
