The leaders of Korea's rival political camps came away with very different views about their meeting with President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday,... particularly on the subject of reviving the economy.<br />The ruling Saenuri Party and the presidential office were on the defensive after main opposition leader Moon Jae-in criticized the president for a failure to improve the economy. <br />Our Park Ji-won tells us more. <br />Ruling Saenuri Party chairman Kim Moo-sung said Wednesday that Tuesday's trilateral talks with the president and main opposition party leader provided the rival parties with a good opportunity to see that bipartisan efforts are necessary... in order to revive the economy.<br />Kim added that both parties need to focus on pending bills that could benefit the economy.<br />He also criticized main opposition party leader Moon Jae-in for characterizing the Park administration's economic policies as a failure... during Tuesday's meeting.<br /><br /><br />"I think Moon's remarks that the economy is a failure and facing a total crisis... could lower economic players' confidence... at a time when the nation's economy is taking a positive turn."<br /><br />Moon, the chairman of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy Party,... apparently doesn't agree with Kim's assessment of the current economic situation.<br />He said Wednesday that there's a huge gap in the way the economy is assessed.... and in devising measures to counter the crisis.<br /><br /><br />"We've realized once again that there is a huge difference in perspectives. The current administration doesn't have any critical minds, or lacks measures for <br />addressing issues like normalizing the corporate tax rate, housing rental and jeonse costs and the country's mounting household debt."<br /><br />The presidential office also defended itself against Moon's remarks.<br />It said that the economy has seen steady growth since 2012,... with a growth rate of 3-point-3 percent last year,... up from 2-point-3 percent in 2012.<br />The presidential office added that it takes time
