Outgoing speaker calls for immediate start of pension reform koreaherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from koreaherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo encouraged political parties Sunday to pass a pension reform plan before the conclusion of the current term of the 21st Assembly, saying it is the golden time for such legislation. The ongoing session of the Assembly is set to end on Wednesday.
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday the security situation on the Korean Peninsula is in a "crisis" phase where military conflicts could flare up "at any moment," as he called for diplomatic efforts to promote peace. Moon made the remarks in a video message for a peace forum in Washington, as tensions have persisted on the peninsula with Pyongyang continuing its weapons tests i.
Former Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday the security situation on the Korean Peninsula is in a crisis phase where military conflicts could flare up at any moment, as he called for diplomatic efforts to promote peace.
President Yoon Suk Yeol's office rejected Democratic Party of Korea Chair Rep. Lee Jae-myung's proposal to hold formal talks with Yoon to narrow differences on a pension reform bill that would require people contribute more while employed and benefit them more after retirement, Lee's aide told reporters Friday. Yoon's aide on political affairs Hong Chul-ho turned down Lee's proposal for eithe.