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![People pass by a mobile phone shop in Seodaemun District, southern Seoul on Tuesday. The number of people in their 20s with overdue phone bills reached 47,478 in July. These unpaid bills amounted to 6.4 billion won ($4.6 million), the highest among all age groups, according to data analyzed by independent lawmaker Yang Jung-suk's office ahead of a parliamentary audit. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11009476.jpg?imageId=11009476&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![President Moon Jae-in, third from left, and Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yon, seond from right, hold a meeting at the Blue House on Wednesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11673837.jpg?imageId=11673837&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)