Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said on the 22nd that the ruling party and the government must work in “perfect coordination” to improve people’s livelihoods.
Speaking at the opening of the eighth senior party-government meeting at the prime minister’s official residence in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, Kim said that if the party examines issues one by one and raises concerns, the government and the presidential office will do their best to review them and resolve them.
Kim thanked the National Assembly for what he called swift action, noting that floor leaders from both parties held an emergency review meeting on the 17th and that the National Assembly passed the first supplementary budget for 2026 on the 10th after an “unprecedentedly fast” review.
“Now is the time — in a crisis like this — to show that the party and the government are taking responsibility together and looking after people’s livelihoods,” he said.
On the supplementary budget, Kim said the government will quickly execute more than 85% of 10.5 trillion won in major project funding in the first half of the year to ease the burden of high oil prices, stabilize livelihoods and minimize industrial damage.
Kim also said many key bills that must be handled in the first half have yet to clear the National Assembly, and he asked lawmakers for active cooperation to pass measures including the materials, parts and equipment law, the strategic export finance support law, the national protocol academy law, the Telecommunications Business Act and a bill to support victims of rental fraud.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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