야당 "남북협력기금 세부내역 공개해야" vs 통일부 "공개 못 해"<br /><br />Back here in the nation, deliberation of the government's 4-hundred-20 billion U.S. dollar spending plan for 2019 continues at parliament.<br />At the budget committee on Friday, an in-depth screening of budget allocation for non-economic areas was held, with a focus on those linked to North Korea.<br />Lawmakers clashed over roughly 980 million U.S. dollars earmarked for inter-Korean projects, with the opposition criticizing the government for not disclosing the specifics of how some one third of that amount would be used.<br />The ruling party said that withholding the details of some parts of the budget is a custom that was also observed by past administrations. The unification minister also claimed that revealing specifics could risk exposing the nation's diplomatic strategies towards North Korea. <br />
