여야, 27일 국회본회의 개최키로…민생법안 처리<br /><br />At the national assembly.<br />A plenary session to vote on pending bills is set for next Thursday.<br />The agreement was reached between the floor leaders of the three main parties.<br />They met to discuss the specific agenda for the December extraordinary session that kicked off today.<br />The parties agreed to review bills related to raising transparency and rooting out accounting fraud at private kindergartens.<br />Form a special committee to hold a parliamentary probe into hiring irregularities in the public sector.<br />And consider measures to cushion the side effects of a minimum wage hike coming up next month.<br />Another big issue: how to reform the country's electoral system.<br />The smaller parties want to expand proportional representation -- where the number of seats they get is in proportion to the percentage of the vote they get nationwide.<br />Right now, South Koreans get one vote for a representative for their district... and another vote for a party.<br />In the 300-member parliament,... 253 seats are single-member districts and 47 members are chosen by proportional representation. <br />
