President Lee Jae-myung to dine with DP Leader Kim Min-seok for first time in 78 days

President Lee Jae-myung will hold a dinner meeting with Democratic Party of Korea leader Kim Min-seok and floor leader Han Byung-do at the presidential office on the 11th. This will be their first meeting in 78 days since a dinner at the presidential office on August 25, shortly after Kim was elected party leader. The presidential office will be represented by chief of staff Im Kwang-hyun and senior secretary for political affairs Choi In-ho, while the Democratic Party will be represented by senior floor operative Chun Jun-ho and party leader's chief secretary Kim Tae-sun.

The dinner is expected to cover policy issues such as the comprehensive real estate tax, as well as the special counsel investigation into rigged indictments. Real estate policy is seen as a key agenda item. It was recently revealed that the Democratic Party had proposed raising the basic deduction for the comprehensive real estate tax on non-resident single-home owners at a high-level party-government consultative body on the 8th, exposing a mismatch between the party and the government. Attention is focused on whether the dinner will help smooth over the disagreement.

Other issues expected to be discussed broadly include the special counsel law on rigged indictments, which has passed the National Assembly plenary session, and the Democratic Party's internally contested push for a state audit of Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-de.