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We heard more about next year's economic policy direction directly from Deputy Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho.

We'll tell you later in the news.

President Yoon Seok-yeol's remarks toward the labor world are getting stronger and stronger.

Today (21st), he announced strict law enforcement, saying, "Union corruption is one of the three major corruptions to be eradicated."



Let's start with reporter Kim Ki-tae's report.



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The 12th Emergency Economic Livelihood Meeting and the 1st National Economic Advisory Meeting were held at the Blue House Guest House.



President Seok-Yeol Yoon pointed out 'labor reform' as the top priority reform target, emphasizing "reform to eradicate the wrong system and evils that hinder growth and development."



It is the first time that President Yoon has used the expression 'clearing accumulated corruption', which is the symbol of the previous Moon Jae-in administration, in an official setting.



Strong expressions such as corruption and elimination were also mobilized.

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Seok-yeol: Corruption in unions is one of the three major corruptions that must be eradicated in our society along with corruption in public office and corruption in corporations, and I think we should strictly enforce the law on this.]



I cited strengthening the transparency of the union's accounting as the reason, which is in the same context as Prime Minister Han Deok-soo's remarks three days ago that the public should know about the union's activities by properly shining the sun.



After the Prime Minister's remarks, the ruling party proposed a bill requiring unions at workplaces with more than 300 employees to submit accounting data to administrative authorities, and the government and the ruling party appear to be putting pressure on the unions in an orderly manner.



The President's office is in the position that the measure is for healthy labor-management relations based on the rule of law.



[Kim Eun-hye/Public Relations Director: Through the process of strengthening accounting transparency, we were able to lead our company to become a world-class company.

Our union activities will also develop more healthily based on transparent accounting...

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The Democratic Party criticized the labor world as a citizen that the president should respect, saying that the approval rating has risen slightly due to the hardline response to the union.



(Video coverage: Joo Beom · Choi Dae-woong, Video editing: Kim Jin-won)



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