Today's Major News

1. The presidential office announced that Policy Chief Kim Yong-beom offered his resignation yesterday (the 31st), and President Lee Jae-myung accepted it. This marks the first replacement at the chief secretary level since the launch of the administration 15 months ago.

2. Next year's budget bill, scaled at 800 trillion won plus alpha, will be deliberated and resolved at today's Cabinet meeting. President Lee Jae-myung stated that a productive fiscal strategy is essential for rebounding the economic growth rate, adding that he expects a broad-minded cooperation from the political circle.

3. Police Officer Boo, who is accused of falsely closing missing persons cases in Jeju, was sent to the prosecution under arrest today. Officer Boo fully admitted to the charges, stating, "I thought complacently because the missing person was an adult."

4. The personal information of Jeong Chang-seong, a 31-year-old Chinese university lecturer accused of murdering a Chinese female exchange student, desecrating her body, and abandoning the remains across various parts of the country, has been disclosed.
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