The ruling and opposition parties on the 23rd discussed a special counsel bill to investigate allegations that the Unification Church funded politicians and a joint hearing on the Coupang personal data leak, but failed to reach an agreement. Democratic Party of Korea floor leader Kim Byung-kee and People Power Party floor leader Song Eon-seog met again at the National Assembly after the previous day but could not narrow their differences on various pending issues.
Democratic Party of Korea senior deputy floor leader for operations Moon Jin-seok said, "We discussed a lot, but nothing was agreed," and added, "As for the June 30 plenary session, we said we would respond according to the situation after reviewing the confirmation hearing report on the Board of Audit and Inspection chief." People Power Party senior deputy floor leader for operations Yoo Sang-bum said, "We discussed various matters including a parliamentary probe into the Daejang-dong (appeal withdrawal case), a joint hearing, and a (Unification Church) special counsel, but we have not yet reached an agreement."
Regarding the Unification Church special counsel bill, they reaffirmed the policy from the previous day's meeting to each introduce a bill and continue consultations. The People Power Party, together with the Reform Party, jointly introduced a Unification Church special counsel bill under which the director of the National Court Administration (a Supreme Court justice) would recommend two special counsel candidates. The Democratic Party of Korea is also preparing to introduce its own special counsel bill.
They also clashed over the scope of a parliamentary probe into the prosecution's withdrawal of an appeal in the Daejang-dong development scandal. The Democratic Party of Korea argued that, in addition to the Daejang-dong case, the probe should include the SSANGBANGWOOL remittances to North Korea and the killing of a civil servant in the West Sea to uncover alleged fabricated investigations and indictments by the prosecution. The People Power Party countered that other cases should not be included in the appeal withdrawal probe.
They could not bridge differences on plans to hold a joint hearing on the Coupang personal data leak. The Democratic Party of Korea plans to hold hearings at six standing committees on June 30–31, while the People Power Party maintains that there should be a parliamentary probe, not hearings.