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| President Yoon Suk-yeol and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo pose after the president gave an appointment certificate to Han at the presidential office in Seoul, Saturday. Yonhap |
President Yoon Suk-yeol officially appointed Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Saturday, after an opposition-controlled National Assembly confirmed him the previous day following days of partisan wrangling over his suitability.
Yoon gave an appointment certificate to Han in the morning at the presidential office in Seoul.
Han is taking the country's No. 2 government post for the second time. The 72-year-old previously served as prime minister during the liberal Roh Moo-hyun administration from 2007 to 2008.
During his confirmation hearing, Han said stabilizing the economy for ordinary people's livelihoods would be his top priority.
His appointment is expected to give much-needed momentum to the fledgling Yoon administration facing a series of tasks, including a recovery from COVID-19 and rising tension on the Korean Peninsula sparked by continued North Korean provocations.
Meanwhile, Han said that, along with some presidential aides, he plans to attend a memorial service for the late former President Roh Moo-hyun set to take place in the southern town of Bonghwa, Monday. (Yonhap)
