Key Highlights from August 6, 2026

❶ Key Schedule of the National Assembly on August 6 (Thursday)
■ National Assembly Speaker
① No public schedule
■ Secretary General
① No public schedule
■ General Assembly (0 items)
☞ No separate schedule
■ Protocol Events
☞ No separate schedule
■ Democratic Party
① 09:30, Acting Party Leader Han Byeong-do and Floor Leader, Policy Coordination Meeting (Room 201, Main Building)
② 14:00, Forum on Advancing Korea's Global Robot Foundry and Realizing K-Physical AI Power (Room 3, Seminar Hall)
■ People Power Party
① 09:00, Party Leader Jang Dong-hyuk, Supreme Council Meeting (Room 228, Main Building)
■ Justice Innovation Party
① 07:30, Party Leader Shin Jang-sik, Visit to Gangseo Agricultural Wholesale Market (40 Balsan-ro, Gangseo-gu, Seoul)
② 09:30, Party Leader Shin Jang-sik, Supreme Council Meeting (Room 224, Main Building)
■ Reform Party
① 08:00, Floor Leader Cheon Ha-ram, Appearance on KBS Radio 'Urgent Current Affairs'
② 09:30, Party Leader Lee Jun-seok and Floor Leader Cheon Ha-ram, Supreme Council Meeting (Room 170, Main Building)
③ 14:00, Discussion on 'Is it Judicial Reform or the Collapse of Criminal Justice?' (Room 8, Conference Hall)
④ 22:00, Party Leader Lee Jun-seok, Appearance on 'Jung Kwan-yong Policy Debate'
■ Progressive Party
① 11:00, Permanent Representative Kim Jong-hoon, Meeting with 2030 Young Party Members (Room 6, Conference Hall)
② 13:30, Permanent Representative Kim Jong-hoon, Meeting with the Families of the Itaewon Disaster Victims (Stars' House)
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❷ Summary of News for August 6, 2026
■ President Lee Jae-myung will hold a 'Second Real Estate Supply Review Meeting' on the 7th to discuss housing supply measures in the metropolitan area. This is the second meeting for reviewing real estate policies, aimed at reassessing existing supply measures and directing the swift securing of supply.
■ The Democratic Party described the government's real estate tax reform plan as a normalization of taxation and stated that it would carefully examine the policy's effectiveness and public acceptance. The People Power Party criticized it as a 'tax bomb' and warned of its impact on the livelihood of the public.
■ Foreign Minister Park Jin criticized the Unification Ministry's report on restoring inter-Korean relations as idealistic. President Lee Jae-myung also expressed a cautious stance on the Unification Ministry's approach to North Korea.
■ The People Power Party recommended lawyers Kim Yong-gwan and Choi Chang-ho, along with professor Cha Jin-ah, to the National Election Commission's Special Investigation Committee. This is related to the shortage of ballots during the June 3 local elections.
■ The U.S. and Iran have agreed to temporarily open the Strait of Hormuz, with control transferring to Iran. President Trump is focusing on negotiations to stabilize oil prices.
■ The U.S. appeals court canceled Amazon's temporary injunction against the AI shopping service by Purple City, ruling that the product search and purchase by AI agents should be considered as users' service usage.
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Source :https://blog.naver.com/giftsaiso/224369698926
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