Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has called on the National Assembly to start deliberations on the government's supplementary budget proposal.
Speaking at a meeting with cabinet ministers on Thursday,... Lee said despite parliamentary wrangling,... lawmakers still need to get to work on the 5-point-6 billion U.S. dollar extra budget bill,... which was submitted three weeks ago.
He said the budget is a must to tackle downside economic risks,... as well as deal with the aftermath of recent natural disasters.
Lee also advised relevant ministries to come up with measures to minimize the impact of heatwaves and typhoons this summer,... and called on officials to keep up the government's deregulatory drive.