President Yoon Suk Yeol (middle) poses for a photograph with Han Dong-hoon (left), the chief of the ruling Individuals Energy Social gathering, and PPP ground chief Choo Kyung-ho (proper) throughout their dinner assembly on the presidential workplace in Seoul on Aug. 21. (The presidential workplace)
President Yoon Suk Yeol has postponed his deliberate dinner with ruling Individuals Energy Social gathering leaders till after the Chuseok vacation, his workplace mentioned Wednesday, amid a row with the PPP chief over the difficulty of the medical faculty quota improve.
Yoon had deliberate to host a dinner Friday with PPP chief Han Dong-hoon, ground chief Choo Kyung-ho, 5 Supreme Council members, and the get together’s coverage chief, however the presidential workplace mentioned the assembly has been postpone to prioritize the problems of individuals’s livelihoods.
“Forward of Chuseok, the precedence is to indicate how we’re considering options to folks’s livelihood points, quite than exhibiting the get together and the federal government gathering for a meal,” a senior presidential official advised reporters in a message.
“We plan to have the meal with the ruling get together management after the Chuseok vacation,” the official added. This yr’s Chuseok vacation, the Korean equal of Thanksgiving, will run from Sept. 16-18.
The postponement comes after Han proposed deferring the medical faculty quota improve for 2026 to assist break an deadlock over the federal government’s medical reform plans.
The presidential workplace reportedly balked on the concept, saying the federal government stands by its plan to extend admissions by 2,000 seats yearly for the subsequent 5 years. (Yonhap)