Candidate Yibong Lee Volunteers at Traditional Market for Lunar New Year Celebration

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Lee Yong-bin, the preliminary candidate for the National Assembly representing Gwangsan-gu Gap, Gwangju Metropolitan City from the Democratic Party of Korea, announced on the 19th that he participated in volunteer work to help with tasks at Songjeong 5-Day Market, a traditional market in Gwangsan-gu, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

On the morning of the 18th, starting at 5 a.m., preliminary candidate Lee Yong-bin went around various parts of Songjeong 5-Day Market, busy preparing for the Lunar New Year, assisting merchants with cleaning and other tasks.

First, candidate Lee visited a fish shop, where he worked hard moving carefully prepared ancestral ritual items (gulbi) from the warehouse to the store and spreading them out, sweating from the effort.

Next, he helped move and display goods at the stalls of elderly women street vendors in front of the shops, assisting them in preparing for business. When the street vendor grandmothers held his hands tightly and expressed their gratitude, he shared common knowledge about winter health and wished them health and happiness.

He also visited Songjeong 5-Day Market, held every five days, helping merchants from outside the area move their goods and inquiring about and encouraging the Lunar New Year business in the nearby region.

In particular, candidate Lee Yong-bin toured the market, which was still not fully organized, and after finishing a thorough cleaning by sweeping with a broom and picking up trash, merchants and their grandchildren expressed their thanks by offering coffee and various drinks.

Candidate Lee said, “By preparing for business together with the merchants early in the morning, I came to understand the difficulties of traditional markets in detail,” and added, “I will work hard to develop customized policies and implement various measures to foster traditional markets.”

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