Assembly forges ahead with regional merger bills

The National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee approved special bills aimed at launching three megacities in non-capital regions Thursday night. With the committee approval, the bills are in the final stretch of the passage, as the liberal bloc aims to pass the bills at the National Assembly by the end of this month. The legislation aimst o merge South Chungcheong, South Jeolla and North Gyeongsang provinces with nearby metropolitan cities: Daejeon, Gwangju and Daegu, respe