“If you're asking ‘why a woman [for Prime Minister],’ I don't believe that's an appropriate question in the year 2026.”

– Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik in answer to a question asking whether gender was a factor in selecting Minister of SMEs and Startups Han Seong-sook as the next Prime Minister. Han is on track to be the second female Prime Minister of the Republic of #Korea after Han Myeong-sook, who served in that position in 2006 and 2007.