National Assembly likely to pass OTC drug sales bill

A bill to allow the sale of over-the-counter drugs outside pharmacies is likely to be passed as the Saenuri and Democratic United parties agreed to put the bill to vote in a plenary session on April 24.

The 19th National Assembly has been elected and the outgoing 18th Assembly will finish its term at the end of May. This means that the current legislature has only a month to act on the bills...