Election officers kind by ballots at a counting station for the native elections in Seoul on June 3, 2026. (Picture by Pedro Pardo / AFP by way of 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 permitted by parliament, Han would grow to be South Korea’s first feminine prime minister in 20 years.
Han, who had additionally beforehand served as chief government of South Korean web big Naver, is predicted to steer the nation’s AI transformation, South Korea’s presidential chief of workers Kang Hoon-sik stated at a press briefing.
“Han will be capable 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 position of prime minister is basically ceremonial and administrative below South Korea’s presidential system.
