Top ranking officials from the ruling and two major opposition parties held talks in last-minute efforts to narrow their gap over 2018 budget.
The meeting between the floor leaders of the three political parties came after the opposition-led parliament missed the legal deadline to pass the government budget bill, which fell on Saturday.
National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-Kyun has extended the budget session to Monday for now. Whether a plenary session will be held to vote on the spending bill largely depended on the outcome of the meeting between the floor leaders.
The parties largely remained apart over the government plan to greatly increase the number of public employees by over 12,000 in next year alone.
Source: Arirang News
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