Parties clash over gov't rice purchase policies
A highly contentious bill to mandate all excess rice be bought with taxpayers' money passed the parliamentary standing committee, late Wednesday, intensifying years-long debate over whether the government should protect farmers, despite clearly tanking demand for the once-popular staple crop, market watchers said Thursday. The issue is expected to take a further politicized turn for the worse, as indicated by the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) railroading the bill considered by many to be overprotective of rice farmers in order to deflect focus from a bout of legal risks posed...
Source: koreatimes.co.kr
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