Cabinet members call off summer break to deal with pending issues
  • 5 years ago
And along with President Moon,.... the Prime Minister and the deputy Prime Minister, who also serves as the finance minister, will not be taking their summer breaks.
The Prime Minister's office says,... Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon will be in his office,... working as usual through his week-long summer leave, initially scheduled to start on August 8th.
Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki has cancelled his one day off,... which was today, the 29th,... and the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yoon-mo has also reportedly called off his summer vacation set for mid-July.
The leading Cabinet members will instead focus on issues surrounding South Korea,... like the Japan's retaliatory trade restrictions as well as the government-led supplementary budget bill that has been waiting for parliamentary review for nearly three months.
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