Passage of 3rd extra budget unlikely this month
(WorldNews South Korea)

Rep. Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the main opposition United Future Party, is welcomed by fellow lawmakers at the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday, after returning from a nine-day retreat at temples to protest the ruling Democratic Party of Korea`s unilateral election of chiefs of six standing committees at the Assembly. Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-han By Jung Da-min It appears unlikely that the National Assembly will soon pass the bill on the 35.3 trillion won ($29.2 billion) third extra budget, designed to respond to the...