President Lee Jae-myung will preside over a second round of ministry work briefings across nine sessions starting Nov. 15. About 200 members of a citizen observation group will attend the briefings. Lee encouraged active participation Saturday, calling them "an occasion to confirm policy achievements together with the people and discuss the future direction of state affairs."
The presidential office issued a press release Saturday, stating that it "will preside over a second round of ministry work briefings at the presidential office across nine sessions from Nov. 15 to 21." The briefings will cover the Office for Government Policy Coordination, along with 19 ministries, six administrations, 18 agencies, and seven commissions, as well as 140 public institutions promoting livelihood projects that citizens can directly experience. Progress on reform tasks including structural reform, regionally led growth tasks, and national normalization tasks will also be addressed in detail.
A distinctive feature of these ministry briefings is the participation of a citizen observation group of about 200 people. A new citizen-participation format was introduced, in which citizens directly receive the briefings and ask questions about matters of interest.
Lee posted on Facebook the same day under the title "Beginning the first ministry work briefing where government and people participate together," announcing the recruitment of the citizen observation group. "I am waiting for the 200 members of the citizen observation group who will join the ministry work briefings of the people's sovereignty government," Lee said. "This briefing is not about unilaterally announcing achievements, but an occasion to confirm policy achievements together with the people and discuss the future direction of state affairs."
He added, "I hope we can directly examine how policies are being implemented in the lives of the people, and further gather wisdom for a better tomorrow." He also stressed, "Everything the government does is ultimately for a better life for the people. The starting point and the destination of policy are both the people. We will take the people's voice as our standard and find answers together." He further added, "Based on the achievements and tasks of the past, we will more firmly establish a milestone for the future that the Republic of Korea will move toward."
Applications for the citizen observation group run from 9 a.m. Saturday to noon on Nov. 6.
