Rival parties hold joint talks on pending issues, excluding Acting President Choi

At the National Assembly.

Rival parties are engaged in talks on state affairs including pension reform, this year's supplementary budget, and efforts to bolster the chip industry.

Floor leaders of the ruling People Power Party, Kweon Seong-dong, and main opposition Democratic Party, Park Chan-dae, are holding a closed-door meeting presided over by National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik.

This meeting initially included the government but has been turned into a parliament-only gathering in the wake of continued conflict between opposition lawmakers and acting President Choi Sang-mok over the latter's failure to appoint justice nominee Ma Eun-hyuk to the Constitutional Court.