South Korea's National Assembly has kicked off an interpellation session -- where lawmakers have the chance to grill the country's top government officials.
Over four days,.. cabinet members will be questioned on a range of topics,... from politics and foreign affairs to the economy.
For more, our political correspondent Kim Min-ji joins us on the phone.
Min-ji, what were some of the issues brought up today?

Ji-yoon. We're just about two hours into the session now,... and the topics brought up so far include the government's income-led growth policies.
The ruling party said that the government will have to do more to explain the impact of these policies,... especially as people are going through hard times during the transition.
It also defended the policies, saying they will change the country's economic paradigm -- and claiming that the current economic hardships are a result of the previous conservative government's policies, including its interest rate cuts,... and real estate policies.
However, the opposition bloc said that the policies of the current government have failed and it's doing more harm than good.
It called for an all-out change in policy direction -- and criticized the government for using taxpayers money excessively to implement its costly policies.
On North Korea, the biggest issue of course has been the parliamentary ratification of the summit declaration reached in April.
The opposition lashed out at the fact that it comes with such a hefty price tag,... saying people's understanding has to come before ratification as it's also a burden on them.
It added that ratification of the summit can also only take place after North Korea shows sincere commitment to denuclearization.
The session will continue in the afternoon so I will have more updates in our later newscast.
This has been Kim Min-ji from the National Assembly.