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During the audit of the government affairs of each standing committee, including the Education Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, and Culture and Sports Committee, major questions and disputes continued from the ruling and opposition party lawmakers.
During the audit of the National Assembly's standing committees, including the Education Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Culture and Sports Committee, Agricultural and Marine Affairs Committee, and Health and Welfare Committee, lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties engaged in sharp battles over suspicions about the sons of the leaders of the ruling and opposition parties, his history as an ambassador to the United Nations, criticism of the Popular Culture Exchange Committee, and investments in the national pension.
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An audit of government affairs and affiliated organizations is underway in each standing committee of the National Assembly.
▲ "In this case (of the son of Kim Min-seok, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea), the matter appears to be very serious, and moreover, since the Democratic Party continues to raise issues of slandering other lawmakers and their children's admissions, the main assembly asked questions to make it clear that the son of the leader of the party has this problem." (People Power Party lawmaker Park Jeong-hoon, 'expedient transfer' of the son of Kim Min-seok, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, during the National Assembly Education Committee audit, Raising suspicions such as ‘Hong Kong University internship history’)
▲ “Has an amateur taken the position of ambassador to the United Nations, which should have been a professional among professionals?” (Independent Rep. Han Dong-hoon, mentioning the history of Ambassador to the United Nations Cha Ji-hoon’s work as a lawyer for the president during the audit of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee)
▲ “When I was working as an artist, my song was banned because I used the words ‘concerned president’ in the lyrics. I thought, ‘(the president) might be the most worried person in the world.’” (Rep. Kim Jae-won of the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, commenting that adopting the people involved in the movie ‘Assassin(s)’ as witnesses during the audit of the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee is an infringement on creative freedom.)
▲ “It was said that it was clearly conveyed in the body of the daily email that China’s proportion was not taken into consideration. You didn’t see this in detail. Of course you didn’t. How can you see everything when you are so busy?” (People Power Party Rep. Jeong Yeon-wook, criticizing the Phenomenon promotion plan to Park Jin-young, co-chairman of the Popular Culture Exchange Committee during the National Assembly audit of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee of the National Assembly)
▲ “What does ‘as of now’ mean? Why is there a premise? If the Korea Rural Community Corporation has already confirmed that it is a dangerous facility and that it will of course abolish its use, then they can just abolish and demolish it, but why do they complain that they have no plans to sell it from their current position?” (Rep. Lee Gae-ho of the Democratic Party of Korea pointed out the issue of promoting the sale of the Yongsan Pumping Station to Kim In-jung, president of the Korea Rural Community Corporation, during a state audit of the National Assembly’s Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee).
▲ “Put money into large supermarkets and make discount-related methods much more convenient. Is it okay to do this? Traditional markets have become more expensive due to aT’s amazing performance.” (Rep. Shin Jang-sik of the Chokuk Innovation Party said in a state audit of the National Assembly’s Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee that the budget and convenience of the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (aT)’s agricultural and livestock products discount support project were excessively focused on large supermarkets, leading to a reversal in prices in traditional markets. (pinching)
▲ "In foreign countries, the National Pension Service of the Republic of Korea is even getting the derogatory title of our 'ATM machine'. Overseas investors have realized their profits and are all out, and only the ants are flocking in and are angry. Is this what the National Pension Service is doing?" (People Power Party Rep. Lee Dal-hee, criticizing the National Pension Service's decision to postpone rebalancing during the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee audit)
▲ “From the chairman of the National Pension Service (National Pension Service), you are so mean that he asks you to attack him even though you cannot praise him. If that were the case, it would have been better if you had come wearing a red tie.” (Representative Seo Young-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea, highly evaluating the profit growth of the National Pension Service during the audit of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee)

While the Democratic Party of Korea welcomed the appointment of Lim Kwang-hyun, head of the National Tax Service, as the second chief of staff to the Blue House, Rep. Park Jie-won advised the secretary to speak directly to the president rather than step forward.

The fact-finding team of the Future Committee for Respect for Prosecution's Human Rights will report to the members the results of the fact-finding investigation into three cases, including Wirye New Town, the Moon Jae-in government's manipulation of statistics, and the case of the civil servant attacked in the West Sea, and deliberate on recommendations.

Lee Hwa-young, former vice-governor of Gyeonggi Province, who was controversial due to reports that she was dissatisfied with President Lee Jae-myung, once again explained that she had never attacked the president, saying, "My displeasure was directed at the prosecution." The defense team plans to request a retrial in the North Korea remittance case next week.

President Lee Jae-myung selected National Tax Service Director Lim Gwang-hyeon, a former economic bureaucrat, as his successor 23 days after the resignation of former Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik. There are evaluations that he is a pragmatic appointee who breaks expectations of appointing an orthodox politician and focuses on the performance of the economy and people's livelihood.

National Assembly Speaker Jo Jung-sik returned to Korea on the 14th after completing official visits to the Vatican and three countries, Italy, Croatia, and Greece, on his first overseas trip since taking office. We discussed ways to strengthen parliamentary diplomacy and expand cooperation in future industries such as defense industry, semiconductors, and AI.

South Korea's National Assembly defense committee adopted a resolution led by the ruling Democratic Party condemning North Korea for recent land mine explosions near the inter-Korean border that injured three South Korean soldiers, calling the incident a provocation violating the Armistice Agreement, while opposition lawmakers walked out over disputes regarding allegations of military delays in investigating the blasts.