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Next year, an amendment to the Basic Pension Act that recognizes the entire period of military service as a period of national pension subscription for those discharged from the military passed the plenary session of the National Assembly.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seol Seung-eun = President Lee Jae-myung said on the 6th regarding policies targeting military service members, "Post-compensation is necessary, but we are trying to create many policies that can make the period of military service more helpful in planning the lives of those serving."
On this day, President Lee linked to a report on
President Lee evaluated the passage of the bill as “thankful, even though it is late”, and also said, “It is still far from enough to provide commensurate compensation to the young people of the Republic of Korea who sacrifice their youth for the country.”
Meanwhile, President Lee reposted a post by Fair Trade Commission Chairman Joo Byeong-ki to the effect that the claim by some that the Fair Trade Commission's investigation into the operator of Daiso, a household goods store, is about siding with foreign platforms such as Ali and Temu is completely untrue, and pointed out, "We must respond strictly and promptly to the spread of absurd and false information that interferes with government affairs."
He also linked to a media report introducing the 'Just Dream' project, which provides food and daily necessities to people experiencing economic difficulties, and wrote, "This is the government's project to guarantee the minimum amount of food for the people to save people."

Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae appeared at the Supreme Court's government audit on the 6th and refused to testify on the issue of re-nomination of Supreme Court Justices, but made a concise statement for six minutes, saying that the National Assembly and the President cannot be involved in the Supreme Court Justice's recommendation and that this is an unconstitutional measure.

China proposed an extensive schedule, including meetings with businessmen and college students, ahead of President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States, but the United States reportedly rejected many of them citing the principle of reciprocity and national security concerns.

The three May 18 organizations and the Memorial Foundation called for the immediate withdrawal of three amendments to the May 18 related laws proposed by People Power Party lawmaker Lee Jin-sook and others. Organizations pointed out that the amendment could cause secondary damage by limiting the scope of May 18 and mandating the disclosure of the list.
Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae directly criticized the National Assembly's interference in the nomination of Supreme Court justices during the National Assembly's audit, calling it an unconstitutional measure that goes against the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. It was also revealed that the constitutional basis for the Blue House's refusal to request re-nomination of Supreme Court Justice candidates was not clear.

While the Lee Jae-myung administration's second audit of government affairs began on the 6th in eight standing committees, including the Political Affairs Committee, there were fierce clashes and shouts between the ruling and opposition parties at the Legislation and Judiciary Committee over the attendance of Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae and the issue of Supreme Court Justice re-nomination.

Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon announced during the National Assembly audit that he will continue the independent AI foundation model project and speed up the development of frontier AI and physical AI. At the National Assembly inspection on this day, issues such as insufficient cyber security response and conflict of interest among R&D advisors were also pointed out.