The National Assembly Budget Settlement Special Committee will conduct a subcommittee review of last year's budget proposal for non-economic ministries on the 31st. Thirty-four ministries, including the Presidential Secretariat, National Security Office, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are subject to review, with Jo Hyun, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Jeong Dong-yeong, Minister of Unification, expected to attend. Kang Hun-sik, Chief of the Presidential Secretariat, and Wi Seong-rak, Director of the National Security Office, will not be present, but Kyung-cheol Gyeong, Senior Secretary for Integration, will attend as a representative. This review is expected to see clashes between the ruling and opposition parties regarding the recent announcement of a cabinet reshuffle for six ministries and the appropriateness of the 'request for re-examination' of the Supreme Court nominee by the Presidential Office. The budget proposal will be passed on to the Budget Settlement Subcommittee for further review next month, and it is expected to be delayed beyond the regular National Assembly opening day (September 1st).
