Nat'l Assembly committee begins review of 2025 supplementary budget

A National Assembly committee earlier on this Monday began its review of the government's extra budget proposal.

The Special Committee on Budget and Accounts held a Q&A session with government officials on their planned additional spending which stands at 30-point-5 trillion Korean won or some 22 billion U.S. dollars.

Rival political parties have agreed to extend the question and answer session to two days instead of one.

The ruling Democratic Party is hoping to pass the proposal by July fourth claiming that this is the "golden time" to revive the sluggish economy.