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National Assembly Opens 100-Day Session With Showdown Over Prosecutorial Overhaul, Yoon Probes and 2026 Budget

The Democratic Party, holding 166 seats, is advancing a 224-bill program that includes a Sept. 25 vote to strip prosecutors of investigative authority.

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Overview

  • The regular session began at 2 p.m. and is scheduled to run through Dec. 9, according to the National Assembly Secretariat.
  • Democratic Party lawmakers wore hanbok at Speaker Woo Won-shik’s suggestion, while People Power Party members appeared in black mourning attire to protest the ruling bloc’s agenda.
  • A planned revision to the Government Organization Act would dissolve the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and leave prosecutors with charging power only, with a floor vote slated for Sept. 25.
  • The ruling party is pushing bills to expand special counsel investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol and Kim Keon Hee, including probes of the Dec. 3 martial law declaration and related cases.
  • The Lee administration finalized a 728 trillion-won 2026 budget that the DP backs as economic support and the PPP criticizes as populist, as September confirmation hearings for several nominees proceed.