Speaker hopefuls make stronger Assembly diplomacy key pledge

“Three ruling party heavyweights launched bids for National Assembly speaker, each casting the post as a more assertive platform for domestic legislation and Assembly diplomacy as they called for a stronger role in foreign and security affairs. Reps. Cho Jeong-sik, Kim Tae-nyeon and Park Jie-won of the Democratic Party of Korea held separate news conferences in succession on Monday, the candidate registration day for the race for Assembly speaker, the country’s No. 2 position in protocol hierarch

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