(Answer by the Director of the Future Strategy Office, Ministry of Planning and Budget, at the Special Committee on Pension Reform of the 22nd National Assembly, September 29, 2026) On Representative Nam In-soon’s Question About Advance Treasury Funding (Posted October 6, 2026)

At the September 29

meeting of the National Assembly Special Committee on Pension Reform,

on funding National Pension credits

by injecting treasury money in advance,

Democratic Party Representative Nam In-soon put a question;

the Ministry of Planning and Budget’s Director of the Future Strategy and Planning Office

responded to it.

We recommend watching the part of the video attached below

that begins at the

7-minute-20-second mark,

where he says, “This year, because of the government’s budget deficit,

we are already issuing 100 trillion won

in government bonds;

is it justified to go even deeper into debt on top of that

and inject treasury funds

in advance?” That is the point

his answer makes, and why we recommend it.

In a separate exchange that day,

Minister of Health and Welfare Jung Eun-kyeong

said, “Regarding injecting treasury funds

into the National Pension in advance,

from the standpoint of intergenerational equity,

whether it is appropriate

has been questioned within the ministry.” That

was a remark worth noting.

One day earlier, on September 28,

at a debate hosted by the National Assembly Special Committee on Pension Reform,

a presentation had argued that if large-scale treasury funds were injected in advance

to boost the fund’s investment returns,

the depletion date of the National Pension Fund

could be pushed back substantially;

for that reason,

the Pension Future Forum

is watching

this September 29 remark

by Minister of Health and Welfare Jung Eun-kyeong

very closely.