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, ‘The Democratic Party of Korea has proposed extending the legal retirement age, which is currently set at 60.’,
, ‘The People Power Party has proposed this in the past, so there is interest in whether this will gain momentum.’,
, ‘Regarding the Semiconductor Special Act, the current stance is to process it without the exception clause for the 52-hour workweek.’,
, ‘This is reporter Park Ja-eun.’,
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, ‘[Reporter]’,
, ‘The Democratic Party of Korea has brought up the issue of extending the legal retirement age.’,
, ‘They argue that extending the retirement age is inevitable to address the depletion problem of the national pension.’,
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, ‘According to the government plan, the starting age for receiving the national pension will increase from the current 63 to 65 by 2030.’,
, ‘[Jin Sung-joon / Democratic Party Policy Committee Chair]’,
, ‘”If we stick to the current retirement age system, it will be difficult to fill the gap of about five years between retirement and pension receipt.”‘,
, ‘There is an interpretation that this proposal is aimed at garnering votes from middle-aged and labor sectors ahead of an early presidential election.’,
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, ‘The People Power Party also proposed extending the retirement age as an agenda last year.’,
, ‘In the case of the “Semiconductor Special Act,” the Democratic Party suggested passing it without including the “52-hour workweek exemption” clause for now.’,
, ‘Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, has recently hinted at the possibility of allowing an exemption for high-income researchers from the 52-hour workweek.’,
, ‘[Lee Jae-myung, Democratic Party Leader / On the 3rd, at the Semiconductor Special Act Policy Debate]’,
, ‘”I couldn’t find an argument why we shouldn’t let them work intensively when needed.”‘,
, ‘However, considering the backlash from labor circles, they suggest more deliberation.’,
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, ‘[Jin Sung-joon / Democratic Party Policy Committee Chair]’,
, ‘”Such contentious issues cannot be resolved all at once.”‘,
, ‘The Democratic Party has suggested quickly dealing with the corporate support aspects that both ruling and opposition parties agree on.’,
, ‘This has been Channel A News, Park Ja-eun.’,
, ‘Video Coverage: Lee Cheol, Kim Myung-cheol’,
, ‘Video Editing: Lee Seung-eun\n’]