President Moon Jae-in will give a speech this morning at the National Assembly on next year's budget, the fourth speech of its kind that he's given since taking office in 2017.
The president is set to call for bipartisan support in reviewing and confirming next year's budget of about 440 billion U.S. dollars, an over nine percent increase on-year..
He will speak about ways to breathe life into the South Korean economy in 2020 and explain the direction of the government's expansionary fiscal policy.
There are speculations that President Moon will also take this opportunity to touch upon his foreign policy and national security issues - including his policy vis-a-vis North Korea - and reiterate his resolve to reform state powers including the prosecution
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