South Korea nominates Han ​Seong-sook as country's first female Prime Minister in two decades

South Korean President Lee ‌Jae Myung has chosen Han ​Seong-sook, the country’s ⁠Minister for tiny and midsize businesses and startups, to ‌be Prime Minister, the statesmanlike bureau said connected ‌Sunday.

If approved by ‌Parliament, Ms. ⁠Han would go ⁠South Korea’s archetypal pistillate Prime Minister successful 20 years.

Ms Han, who ​had besides ‌previously served arsenic main enforcement of South Korean net elephantine Naver, is ‌expected to pb the country’s ​AI transformation, South Korea’s statesmanlike Chief of Staff ⁠Kang Hoon-sik said astatine a property briefing.

“Han volition ‌be capable to alteration South Korea’s economical maturation — driven by the semiconductor roar and rising exports - ‌into inclusive maturation that reaches everyone, ​including tiny and medium-sized enterprises,” Mr. Kang said.

The relation ⁠of Prime Minister is mostly ⁠ceremonial and administrative nether South Korea’s statesmanlike ‌system.