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Has South Korea's national debt hit the $1 trillion mark?

South Korea's opposition met President Lee Jae Myung with protest placards and shouted interruptions on November 2 as he asked parliament to pass the biggest budget in the country's history. About 70 People Power Party (PPP) lawmakers lined the steps of the National Assembly's Rotunda Hall from about 9.30am, the Seoul Economic Daily reported. Their signs put national debt at KRW1.4 quadrillion ($1.04 trillion), described KRW162 trillion of new funds as debt loaded onto the future and told the ruling camp to stop intimidating the judiciary. [...]