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The ruling party of the government has acknowledged policy confusion regarding the reform of working hours. The truth wasn't conveyed properly, and it was only highlighted for 69 hours a week. We plan to revise the government plan after public opinion, which is expected to be within a maximum of 60 hours a week.

First news is reporter Park Chan-beom.

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At the first high-level party political council meeting held after the
convention, the official agenda consisted of three things: future plans for the Korea-Japan summit, drought in the southern region, and the Busan Expo, but the unscheduled "revision of working hours" was discussed.

Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-yong acknowledged the policy confusion, saying that the policy was intended to benefit workers by expanding the overtime unit from "week" to "monthly, quarterly, and yearly," but that he would intensify efforts to filter out anticipated problems in advance.

[Kim Ki-won/Chief of Staff to the President: There is an aspect of the "3 hours" that is framed as extreme and impossible to happen, and the true intentions are not properly conveyed.]

Representative Kim Ki-hyun emphasized discussions and discussions between the parties.

[Kim Ki-hyun/Representative of People's Power: Once any policy is announced, the ripple effect felt on the ground is very large. Sometimes different parts can be expanded and interpreted differently from the intent....]

The purpose of the amendment to the Ministry of Employment and Labor disappeared and only "up to 69 hours a week" was highlighted, pointing out that it caused a public backlash.

The party government is expected to revise the government proposal within a maximum of 69 hours a week, gathering public opinion for about one month until the 17th of next month, which is the legislative notice period.

Passport officials said it was important to re-establish working hour standards, but they also planned to put in place complementary measures, such as using a working time savings account system to ensure rest and ensure that workers in non-unionized companies are not disadvantaged.

(Video Interview: Park Young-il and Kim Hak-mo, Video Editing: Lee Sung-Sung)