Acting President Choi calls for nat'l unity amid opposition's boycott of joint consultative body

Acting President Choi Sang-mok has called for unity on the national front as Korea faces a host of concerns amid the threat of U.S. tariffs and shifting global order.

Remarks to this end were shared during a Cabinet meeting earlier on this Tuesday during which he urged the main opposition party to rejoin the multilateral talks with the government and ruling party on state affairs.

The talks fall under the consultative body launched by the parliament and government amid the current political turmoil.

Last week opposition lawmakers refused to partake in the talks citing acting President Choi's continued failure to appoint justice nominee Ma Eun-hyuk to the Constitution Court as recommended by the National Assembly.

Now there has been a more recent development in this story.

Ruling and opposition lawmakers have agreed to meet this coming Thursday afternoon for talks on state affairs in the absence of the government amid the ongoing conflict over the appointment of justice nominee Ma Eun-hyuk .