Premier Cho makes concession in bid to break budget impasse

Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) on Tuesday proposed to increase funding for compensation to Indigenous peoples for a logging ban, as requested by opposition lawmakers, in a bid to break a long standoff over the 2025 central government budget plan.

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