President Yoon calls for the promotion of medical reform... ”It is an issue that cannot be postponed” = South Korea

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol called for the promotion of healthcare reform on the 2nd, ahead of a parliamentary audit, saying, "I hope that the audit will be a constructive one."
President Yoon, at a dinner held at Pine Grass in front of the presidential office with the ruling People Power Party leadership, said about the medical reform, "In an aging society, local and essential medical care is collapsing.
"In this situation, medical reform is inevitable," he said, emphasizing that it is "an issue that cannot be postponed." President Yoon said, "I will not push ahead with this by placing the medical community and medical groups in opposition to each other. I will provide the medical care that the people need."
"The purpose of this reform is to provide appropriate compensation to those who provide services," he said. "We are preparing for an increase in medical demand in the future. If the supply stops, the medical market itself may become distorted, so the medical reform is
"We need to push ahead with this resolutely," he said. He also said, "I hope that the civil affairs audit will avoid political infighting and disputes with the opposition and prioritize the national interest," according to Shin Dong Wook, the pro-government official.
President Yoon said of the Czech nuclear power plant order, "The price of 12 trillion won per unit is an export that we have recognized as being very economical, so why are we dumping it?"
"I have no idea why there is talk of it being cheap or low priced," he said, asking that "these points be properly explained to the public."
The dinner was organised by the House of Representatives leader Choo Kyung-ho ahead of the parliamentary audit that begins next week.
At the request of the ruling party lawmakers, President Yoon held a speech to encourage them. The two-hour and 15-minute speech reportedly covered the direction of major national reform issues and the status of preparations for the National Assembly audit.