President Park Geun-hye will meet National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun on Tuesday to discuss solutions to a deepening political crisis sparked by a corruption scandal involving her confidante.
Park will visit the parliament at 10:30 a.m., the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.
The president and speaker are expected to discuss a range of issues, including her recent nomination of a new prime minister, which opposition parties, as well as some members of the ruling party, have demanded be withdrawn, Jung Youn-kuk, presidential spokesman, told reporters.
Along with Chung, the president also hopes to meet with the leaders of the opposition parties, the spokesman added.
A day earlier, the opposition parties led by the Democratic Party rejected Park's recent offer for talks with the leaders of both ruling and opposition parties, demanding she first cancel her premier designation. (Yonhap)