'Running for General Election' Go Min-jung: "I Will Try to Stand Alone for the Progress of My Children and the Republic of Korea"

On the afternoon of the 6th, Go Min-jung, the Blue House spokesperson, is entering the Chunuchu-gwan Daebriefing Room to make an announcement regarding the reorganization and functional restructuring of the Blue House/Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] Former Blue House spokesperson Go Min-jung, who declared her candidacy for the general election, stated on the 22nd, "For my children, for someone who will follow behind me, and for the advancement of the Republic of Korea, I intend to try standing on my own."

In a post on Facebook that morning, former spokesperson Go wrote, "The dream I thought was completed (through the Candlelight Revolution) is still unfinished, and now I want to complete that picture with my own hands."

This was her first message on social media as a 'politician' after leaving the Blue House upon declaring her candidacy on the 15th.

She also explained the reason behind her decision to enter politics after much deliberation.

She said that meeting the driver of bus number 721 on a Sunday morning commute and a family trip to Jeju Island at the end of last year changed her mind.

"'Elections and politics don't suit me.' For the past three years, I have always refused to involve myself in politics. But that Sunday, the bus I was on seemed to stop briefly at a station, and the driver opened the door and handed me a canned coffee. Not knowing why, I looked at him, and he said with a smile, 'You must be tired, hang in there!' and then returned to the driver's seat. I couldn't even thank him and fixed my gaze on the sky outside the window. If I lowered my head, I felt tears would immediately fall."

Bus number 721 runs between Bukgajwa-dong in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and Konkuk University Entrance in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.

Konkuk University Entrance is included in Seoul Gwangjin-eul, the constituency of Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae.

Former spokesperson Go mentioning bus number 721 as the background for her decision to run, despite not having decided on a constituency yet, can be interpreted as hinting at her candidacy in Seoul Gwangjin-eul.

She also introduced that the family trip to Jeju Island at the end of last year, which was initially intended to solidify her decision not to run, became another turning point for her candidacy.

She wrote, "The grandfather I met at the (Jeju) airport, the employee at the rental car company, and a couple my age I met while walking, like the bus driver of number 721, shook my final decision with their earnest and encouraging eyes saying, 'Cheer up!'. People on this trip, which was meant to confirm my decision not to run, shook me up a lot."

She candidly expressed her fears as a 'novice politician.'

She wrote, "I am not without fear. Can I really overcome the mountain standing tall and endless before me? Will an unimaginable arduous journey unfold? How many wounds will I have to endure..."

Nevertheless, she added, "The muscles I have built so far will support your two legs, the unexplored world will offer you another world, and above all, the path you create will become a ray of light for someone," and said, "A better world is not given to those who remain still. It can only be reached when you walk that path by your will and your choice."

She concluded her post with determination, saying, "If the place my heart points to is where I must stand, I will face it boldly. I will never avoid it."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.