The National Assembly on Tuesday passed next year's budget bill, worth 512.3 trillion won ($ 429.9 billion), after fierce partisan strife.
The government had proposed a 2020 budget worth 513.5 trillion won, but the ruling Democratic Party put forward the revision bill after consultations with four minor opposition parties.
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This photo, taken on Aug. 2, 2019, shows the National Assembly in Seoul holding a plenary meeting to vote on an extra budget bill.(Yonhap) |
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