During her parliamentary speech to outline budget plans for next year, Park said her government will institute a body to prepare for the revision with a view to achieving it within her term in office that ends in February 2018.
Park had previously opposed any full-fledged discussions on the highly polarizing issue, saying that the government should focus on tackling more urgent economic and security issues, including North Korea's ever-growing nuclear and missile threats.
The chief executive, however, underscored that given political schedules, including the presidential election slated for next year, now is the "right time" to push for rewriting the Constitution, last amended in 1987.
Korean Program examines the implications of the President's proposal, with political commentator Jeong-sik Suh
