[Photo] Ruling and Opposition Parties Attempt Final Negotiation on Media Arbitration Act

Yun Hojung (left), floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Kim Kihyun, floor leader of the People Power Party, are exchanging fist bumps on the 31st in the Speaker's office before a meeting presided over by Speaker Park Byeongseok. Photo by Yoon Dongju doso7@

Yun Hojung (left), floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Kim Kihyun (right), floor leader of the People Power Party, are meeting on the 31st in the Speaker's office, presided over by Speaker Park Byeongseok. Photo by Yoon Dongju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] Yoon Ho-jung, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Kim Ki-hyun, the floor leader of the People Power Party, who have been in extreme confrontation over the amendment to the Act on the Mediation and Relief of Damage in the Press (Press Arbitration Act), are holding an emergency meeting on the 31st chaired by Park Byeong-seok, the Speaker of the National Assembly.

The floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties held four rounds of negotiations the previous day but failed to reach an agreement, resulting in the cancellation of the plenary session.

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