Lawmaker protests budget

Rep. Song Sok-Chan (center) of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), protests what he claims is a regional imbalance in the compilation of next year¡¯s budget at the minister¡¯s stand after the budget bill was passed in the special budget-accounts committee of the National Assembly on Tuesday. Rep. Chung Sye-Kyun, assistant chairman of the committee from the MDP, tries to stop Song, as Planning-Budget Minister Jeon Yun-Churl (left) drinks water.