Extraordinary session starts at Nat'l Assembly amid expected standoff over key bills

At the National Assembly.

A special session for the month of March kicked off today with rival parties agreeing to host three plenary sessions every Thursday starting next week.

Heated debate is expected over pension reform this year's supplementary budget and a bill to bolster the chip industry.

An equally fierce standoff is also likely over special prosecutor bills led by the opposition including one into allegations of stock manipulation by First Lady Kim Keon Hee.

Also a counsel bill passed by the parliament to look into President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee's alleged election interference through "self-styled" political broker Myung Tae-kyun will be put up for another vote if Acting President Choi Sang-mok vetoes it.