President Yoon Suk Yeol will maintain a dinner assembly with ruling Individuals Energy Social gathering (PPP) chief Han Dong-hoon and different PPP leaders subsequent week to debate the federal government’s medical reform plan, his workplace stated Thursday.
The assembly, set for Tuesday, had initially been deliberate for late August however was postponed after Han overtly referred to as for holding off the deliberate hike within the medical faculty admissions quota for 2026 to assist resolve the protracted docs’ walkout in a departure from Yoon’s stance.
Subsequent week’s assembly will even be attended by PPP flooring chief Choo Kyung-ho and different members of the PPP’s Supreme Council, in addition to the presidential chief of employees and different senior officers, in response to presidential spokesperson Jeong Hye-jeon.
“This assembly shall be an event for broad communication the place the presidential workplace and the celebration’s management get collectively to … focus on reform agenda, together with the medical reform, and different livelihood points,” Jeong stated.
Han had been thought of considered one of Yoon’s closest confidants throughout their occasions as prosecutors, however their relationship has soured due largely to variations over how one can deal with first woman Kim Keon Hee’s acceptance of a luxurious purse and different delicate points. (Yonhap)