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South Korea's finance chief held a press conference today on the government's plan to deal with the potential economic impact of quitting GSOMIA.
He also said next year's government budget will be 9 percent bigger than this years, partly to fund state efforts to get the economy back in shape.
Our Hong Yoo reports.
To reduce the negative impact that the termination of the military-intelligence sharing pact with Japan could have on the economy, Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki pledged to actively respond by closely monitoring the current situation.
Hong will hold ministerial-level talks regarding Japan twice a week to come up with countermeasures to Japan's export curbs and to timely respond to potential market volatility.
He asked the South Korean people and businesses to unite with confidence instead of feeling overburdened.
The finance minister also used the press conference to talk about next year's government budget bill.
He said the government will increase the 2020 budget bill by around nine percent on-year to some 422-billion U.S. dollars.
Hong said a lot of things were considered when drawing up the bill such as the active role of finance for an economic response, as well as long-term financial conditions and policy capabilities.
With such a budget for 2020, the national debt level compared to GDP will increase to 39 percent from 37-point-2 percent this year.
The finance ministry will submit the bill proposal to the National Assembly on September 3rd after it goes through a government-ruling party consultation and is discussed by the cabinet next week.
Hong Yoo, Arirang News.