President Park Geun-hye kicked off her third year in office Wednesday by holding a meeting with presidential staff and calling for more efforts to achieve economic reform and inter-Korean unification.
  

The two-year anniversary comes as Park has suffered from low public approval ratings in recent weeks due in part to controversial policies and scandals, including the government's revised tax settlement scheme. Her single, five-year term ends in February 2018 and by law, she cannot seek re-election.
  

For the first time since taking office, Park met with all of her senior secretaries and staff at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.
  

Park also encouraged her staff to work together as one spirit, saying one person's mistake can have a large impact on the entire group.
  

"Looking back on the past two years, all of you must have had a very hard time because there were various difficult situations," she said. "But thanks to your work, which you did with a sense of responsibility and dedication, we overcame the difficult crises and are now marking our second anniversary."
  

At the National Assembly building, officials from Cheong Wa Dae, the government and the ruling Saenuri Party gathered for the first meeting of a new trilateral policy coordination body.
  

The three sides agreed to put the party at the center of efforts to implement government policies, Hwang Woo-yea, the deputy prime minister for education, told reporters after the meeting.
  

"The National Assembly is important and the party is close to the people, so when the party is at the center, communication can flow smoothly with the people," he said.
  

The government has recently drawn fire over inconsistencies in implementing its policies, including the new tax settlement scheme and plans to revamp the payment system for national health insurance. (Yonhap)