Highway Tolls Nationwide to Be Exempted During Lunar New Year Holiday

President Lee Jaemyung is speaking at a Cabinet meeting held at the Blue House on the 10th. Yonhap News

Highway tolls across the country will be exempted during the Lunar New Year holiday.

President Lee Jaemyung presided over a Cabinet meeting at the Blue House on the 10th and approved a total of 40 promulgation bills and 38 Presidential Decrees, including this "Lunar New Year Holiday Highway Toll Exemption Plan." The toll exemption is a measure to reduce transportation cost burdens for the public and will be applied to all highways nationwide from the 15th to the 18th.

The promulgation items also included the "Partial Amendment to the Act on Equal Employment and Support for Work-Family Reconciliation for Men and Women." Under the amendment, workers will be able to take up to two weeks of childcare leave even during periods when their children's daycare centers or schools are closed, as well as during school vacations. However, the leave can be used once a year, in one-week units.

In addition, to accelerate the "regulatory reform" that President Lee has been emphasizing, the Cabinet also approved an amendment to the Framework Act on Administrative Regulations to reorganize the Regulatory Reform Committee into the Regulatory Rationalization Committee, with the President serving as its chair.

Furthermore, to stabilize the prices of imported fruit, a 5% tariff quota will be applied to bananas, mangoes, and pineapples until June.

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