Civil Society, Parties, and Government Launch Joint 'Social Reform Committee' on the 15th... Advisory Body to Prime Minister

The Social Reform Committee, under the Prime Minister’s Office, where civil society, political parties, and the government will jointly discuss reform agendas, will officially launch on December 15.

Shin Hyun-sung, Chief of the Civil Affairs Office at the Office for Government Policy Coordination, is holding a briefing on the launch of the Social Reform Committee at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on December 11, 2025. Photo by Yonhap News

According to the Office for Government Policy Coordination on December 11, the committee will begin its official activities by holding a “Policy Forum for the Launch of the Social Reform Committee and the Establishment of Reform Agendas” at the National Assembly Museum on December 15. The committee, which is an advisory body under the Prime Minister, will consist of up to 50 members and will operate with one chairperson and two vice chairpersons. The chairperson and vice chairpersons will be elected by the committee in the future. Each member’s term is two years, with the possibility of a one-year extension.

The committee will advise the Prime Minister on a total of seven areas: ▲ democracy and social justice ▲ peace and cooperation between South and North Korea and pragmatic diplomacy ▲ education reform ▲ protection of the socially disadvantaged ▲ economic justice and stabilization of people’s livelihoods ▲ response to the climate crisis, ecological society, and food sovereignty ▲ balanced regional development. In addition, the committee will also discuss reform agendas deemed necessary by the Prime Minister or the chairperson. The full committee will meet every two months, the executive committee will meet monthly, and subcommittees will meet twice a month. The committee will operate for five years.

The Prime Minister’s Office explained that the committee was established to provide a forum for public discussion of the agendas presented in the joint declaration made on May 9 by the Gwangjang Presidential Election Alliance Political Civil Solidarity and five political parties (the Democratic Party, the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, the Progressive Party, the Basic Income Party, and the Social Democratic Party).

Reform proposals raised through committee discussions will be directly linked to the government’s official policy deliberation system. Shin Hyunsung, Chief of the Civil Affairs Office at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, held a briefing on this day and explained, “This is a system that transfers citizens’ demands for reform, which began in the public square, into the government’s official policy discussion structure. It is a governance structure in which civil society and political parties participate together, and reform agendas are discussed regularly and systematically with the Prime Minister at the center.”

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