Prime Minister of South Korea

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (국무총리 / 國務總理, Gungmuchongni) is appointed by the President of South Korea, with the National Assembly's approval. The officeholder is not required to be a member of the National Assembly. The Prime Minister is not the head of government but is similar to that of a vice president.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea 대한민국 국무총리
The Prime Ministerial Emblem
The Prime Ministerial Standard
Incumbent Han Duck-soo since 21 May 2022
Executive branch of the Government of South Korea Prime Minister’s Office
Style	Mr Prime Minister (총리님) (informal)
Status	Deputy Head of Government
Abbreviation	PMOTROK, PMOSK
Member of	State Council National Security Council
Residence	Chongri Gonggwan
Seat	Seoul
Nominator	President
Appointer	President (Subject to the National Assembly's approval)
Term length	At the President's pleasure
Constituting instrument	South Korean constitution
Precursor	Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
Inaugural holder	Lee Beom-seok
Formation	31 July 1948; 76 years ago (1948-07-31)
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister
Salary	₩191,000,000 annually[1]
Website	(in English) pmo.go.kr/ (in Korean) pmo.go.kr/

The Sino-Korean word gungmu (국무/國務) means "state affairs" and chongni (총리/總理) means "prime minister", "premier" or "chancellor", so the full title in Korean means literally "Prime Minister for State Affairs", but it is not used as official English title. The short title in Korean is just Chongni.