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South Korea eyes more jobs

By REUTERS
July 23, 2017

SEOUL: South Korea´s parliament on Saturday approved the government´s supplementary budget, giving President Moon Jae-in an early victory in his push to create jobs and boost economic growth since he came to power in May.

Lawmakers from the ruling Democratic and opposition parties agreed to approved the bill at a revised 11 trillion won ($9.84 billion), bringing the government´s total spending to 410.1 trillion won for this year, the nation´s finance ministry said in a statement.