SOUTH KOREA CONFIRMS HAN SEONG-SOOK AS PM – Han has been serving as cabinet minister for small and medium enterprises
South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday approved the appointment of Han Seong-sook as prime minister, elevating the former chief executive of South Korean internet giant Naver to the post.
Han has been serving as cabinet minister for small and medium enterprises under President Lee Jae Myung.
Han is expected to lead the country’s AI transformation, South Korea’s presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said earlier this month. Han will also become South Korea’s first female prime minister in 20 years.
The role of prime minister is largely ceremonial and administrative under South Korea’s presidential system.
