The 3rd Recruitment by the Korean Party is Nam Young-ho, a 40s 'Polar Explorer' Captain

Nam Young-ho, a recruitment candidate for the Liberty Korea Party's general election, attended the welcoming ceremony for new recruits held at the National Assembly on the 13th, receiving applause from Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn and other Supreme Council members. Nam is known as a polar explorer. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] The Liberty Korea Party announced on the 13th that 'polar explorer' Captain Nam Young-ho (43) has been selected as a talent recruit candidate for the April 15 general election.

Captain Nam is the party's 'third talent,' following Kim Eun-hee, the 'first Me Too figure in the sports world,' and Ji Sung-ho, a North Korean human rights activist and defector, announced on the 8th.

Born in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province, Captain Nam graduated from Chung-Ang University with a degree in photography. While working as a photojournalist for a mountaineering magazine, he began his path as an explorer in 2006 by crossing the Eurasian continent on foot for 18,000 km. He then walked over 30,000 km, including a 450 km trek across the Taklamakan Desert in 2009 and the first Asian unpowered crossing of the 1,400 km Great Victoria Desert in 2012.

Captain Nam said, "Entering politics at its most difficult time is no different from entering a more desolate desert than any I have traveled." He added, "I had honest, human concerns about being shown and then disappearing for political showmanship, but Yeom Dong-yeol, the talent recruitment committee chairman, said that 'ordinary people's politics' must be realized. I hope and believe this is true," explaining his reason for accepting the recruitment offer.

He continued, "There may be desolate deserts, but there is no desolate life. I want to be a senior who listens to young people who are frustrated, afraid to challenge, or have lost courage, and who becomes a source of strength."

Party leader Hwang Kyo-ahn introduced Captain Nam with the keywords 'challenge' and 'future.' He said, "He is a young man who has expanded our country's horizons to the world," emphasizing, "We have been so bound by the past until now; it is time to move toward the future."

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