On Wednesday, October 27, the National Assembly Research Service (NARS) received a 2021 parliamentary inspection of the administration by the House Steering Committee (Chairperson Yun Ho-jung).

  During the inspection Chief of NARS Kim Man-heum said in his remarks, “The National Assembly Research Service will do its best to fulfill its role as a comprehensive think tank of the National Assembly by providing legislative and policy information in all fields of state affairs including politics, diplomacy, security, economy, industry and society with its expertise.”

  Through questioning, members of the House Steering Committee pointed out ‘the need for an increase in staff to improve the timeliness in responding to legislative research requests’ and called for an improvement of the research foundation to better support members’ parliamentary activities.

  NARS plans to reflect the issues raised by the House Steering Committee’s inspection in NARS’s organizational development and establish reasonable supplementary measures for needed improvement.