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Gyeonggi Governor Choo Mi-ae said on the 30th that the budget had not yet been finalized amid controversy over the elimination of the entire 12.7 billion won budget for jobs for people with severe disabilities next year.
The presidential office said talks on a comprehensive agreement to facilitate military airbase relocations between South Korea and the United States were making progress. It also said the relocation of U.S. military facilities at Gwangju military airbase would proceed without problems.
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Justice Department's request for California to set aside disputed ballots received in the midterm election.
The National Assembly's Special Committee on Budget and Accounts began reviewing next year's budget with a public hearing on the 30th. The Democratic Party sought funding for livelihoods and future growth, while the People Power Party signaled cuts of around 134 trillion won.
President Trump is scheduled to hold rallies in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday, reversing plans to cancel the events and replace them with tele-rallies.
The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Leo XIV had voted in the upcoming U.S. elections, becoming the first pope to do so.
President Lee Jae-myung presented an appointment certificate to Choi Gil-su, the special inspector at the presidential office, on the 30th. He also presented designation certificates to nine people, including special presidential advisers and chairs and vice chairs of presidential committees.
The People Power Party on the 30th demanded an immediate halt to the Democratic Party's proposed parliamentary inquiry into Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae, criticizing it as political retaliation.
People Power Party floor leader Jung Jeom-sik called on President Lee Jae-myung on the 30th to break with populist policies ahead of the review of next year's budget proposal. He also criticized the government's proposed Future Response Fund.
Positive assessments of the ruling stood at 34%, while negative assessments reached 37%. Another 29% did not know or declined to answer.
The camp of candidate A, who is running to chair the Democratic Party's National Seniors Committee, sent mobile appointment certificates and a blog link to delegates aged 65 or older who have voting rights.
Presidential Chief of Staff Lim Kwang-hyun said on the 29th that describing President Lee Jae-myung's second son's stay at the Hannam-dong official residence as benefiting from his father's position was excessive.
As Democrats roll out healthcare proposals, industry groups are backing some Republicans and lobbying Democratic leaders to resist more far-reaching changes.
Kang Yu-jung, chief spokesperson for the presidential office, said President Lee spoke with Crown Prince bin Salman in the evening at the Saudi side's request.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had not confirmed that North Korea's loudspeakers directed at the South were operating.
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy ordered an investigation into Mary Peltola's Senate campaign following allegations that her team helped recruit candidates to divert votes from her Republican opponent.
Trump's approval fell to 30% in early October in Pew Research Center polling, a level last seen this close to midterm elections under Harry Truman in 1946.
A federal judge rejected the Trump administration's request to separate California mail ballots received from roughly 20,000 people it alleges are not U.S. citizens.
The Democratic Party's special committee on mega growth held an on-site meeting on the 29th at the Saemangeum energy industry convergence complex in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. Participants including representatives of Hyundai Motor, the Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency and the provincial government discussed project progress and requests concerning legislation and budgets.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he would allow access to unapproved peptide injections, bypassing most Food and Drug Administration safeguards.