"Prime Minister?Deputy Prime Ministers Council Revived After 4 Years... Cabinet Coordination Discussed"

The "Prime Minister-Deputy Prime Ministers Council," a regular meeting where the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers discuss current issues, has been revived after four years.

Prime Minister Kim Minseok (left) is greeting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Koo Yoonchul (center) and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyunghoon at the 1st 3+@ Meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office in the Government Seoul Building, Jongno-gu, Seoul on October 2, 2025. Photo by Yonhap News

On October 2, Prime Minister Kim Minseok held the first "3+Alpha (α)" meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yoonchul and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyunghoon. The "3+α" format means that the Prime Minister and the two Deputy Prime Ministers are fixed participants, with additional attendees brought in as needed depending on the agenda. Yoon Changryeol, Minister of Government Policy Coordination, also attended, and starting in January next year, the Minister of Planning and Budget will participate as necessary.

At this inaugural meeting, the participants discussed plans for reorganizing and operating various national policy councils chaired by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers, as well as ways to coordinate the Cabinet through the 3+α meetings, in accordance with the revised Government Organization Act that took effect the previous day. An official from the Prime Minister's Office stated, "In principle, the 3+α meetings will be held biweekly, with one or two key issues selected for focused discussion."

The Prime Minister-Deputy Prime Ministers Council was first launched at the end of 2014 during the administration of former Prime Minister Chung Hongwon under the Park Geunhye government. It continued during the Moon Jaein administration, but has not been convened since May 2021, when former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum chaired the last meeting.

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