The South Korean government has called for the swift normalization of the National Assembly to get work done on an extra budget bill.<br />Ruling party lawmakers and Blue House and government officials in a meeting this morning,... raised concerns that the 5-point-7 billion U.S. dollar supplementary budget bill has been sitting idle for almost two months due to the parliamentary standstill.<br />They stressed that deliberations must start this week in order to have the extra budget implemented in July at latest... to tackle downside economic risks and help areas recover from a series of natural disasters.<br />The National Assembly has been out of action.... after the ruling party and three minor opposition parties fast-tracked key reform bills in late April.<br />The main opposition Liberty Korea Party is demanding that the other parties withdraw the move.<br />
