Amid speculation that President Lee Jae-myung will soon nominate a successor to Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, the Prime Minister's Office has reportedly formed a preparation team for the confirmation hearing.
According to Yonhap News on June 5, the team will be led by Kim Young-soo, the first deputy chief of the Government Policy Coordination Office, and is expected to consist of around 30 members. The office will be located at the Financial Supervisory Service training center in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
The nominee for Prime Minister must undergo a confirmation hearing in the National Assembly and receive approval from the full assembly before being officially appointed. In Kim's case, the process from nomination to appointment took 29 days.
However, the Prime Minister's Office issued a statement denying the reports about the formation of the preparation team, calling them unfounded.
Potential candidates to succeed Prime Minister Kim include Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff to the president; Jeong Seong-ho, Minister of Justice; and Han Seong-sook, Minister of SMEs and Startups.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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