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government will consider how to make Monday a temporary holiday on the 17th of next month. Since Liberation Day is Saturday, it is intended to make the rest of the day more Monday like a holiday instead of a holiday.

Reporter Kim Hye-min reports.

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This year, the legal holiday is 16th, including the election day of the National Assembly.

Six of these overlap the weekend.

In particular, the Memorial Day and Liberation Day are both Saturdays, so there is no legal holiday for three months in June, July and August, where the summer holidays overlap.

Accordingly, the government decided to consider designating Monday as the temporary holiday on August 17th.

[Jung Se-Gyun/Prime Minister: To give a little break to the tired people and medical staff and to continue the flow of domestic demand recovery… .]

On August 17th, if a temporary holiday is designated, it will be a three-day holiday, which is expected to have a boost in domestic demand.

In 2015, we also designated Friday, August 14, as a temporary holiday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of liberation and to support the recovery of the recession caused by the MERS crisis.

The designation of temporary holidays is confirmed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Congress at the request of the Personnel Innovation Office after the approval of the President.

The government also decided to resume operation of public facilities such as the metropolitan area museums, art galleries, and libraries, which had been suspended since May 29th, starting today (20th).

However, it is planned to limit the number of admissions and introduce an electronic entry list.

Collective restrictions on 12 high-risk facilities such as singing practice centers and obligation to comply with quarantine regulations are maintained.

We also decided to review professional sports spectator admission later.