Kim Boo-kyum Visits 'Roh Moo-hyun's Grave' "Compared to Roh, My Wounds... I Will Fight Again"
Kim Boo-kyum, Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, is delivering a congratulatory speech at the 'Local Autonomy Symposium' held on the 21st at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, aimed at exploring the achievements and development directions of local autonomy under the Moon Jae-in administration. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Koh Hyung-kwang] Kim Boo-kyum, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea who lost in the April 15 general election, emphasized that he will "fight again to break the conservative one-party system entrenched in Yeongnam."
On the 24th, Kim revealed on Facebook that he visited Bongha Village in Gimhae, Gyeongnam, where the late former President Roh Moo-hyun's tomb is located, and made this statement. He said, "I said I was fine, but as time passes, it hurts more and more. There are consolations that I fought well, but the ridicule and humiliation toward the defeated are relentless," adding, "So I went to visit (former President Roh's tomb). I just wanted to see it."
Kim continued, "In 1988, when discussing the politicization of the underground activist groups, lawyer Roh Moo-hyun was modest yet full of fighting spirit and passion. From then until now, no one has suffered as much as President Roh in Korean political history. No one is as scarred as he is. Compared to that, this is nothing," he said. Furthermore, he vowed, "I will endure like you did, again and again. I will win again."
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Kim served three terms in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, starting from the 16th general election but ran in Daegu, a Democratic Party barren area, pledging to break regionalism. After losing in Daegu Suseong-gap in the 19th general election in 2012, he also tasted defeat in the 2014 Daegu mayoral election. He was elected in the 20th general election in 2016, taking a step closer to easing regionalism, but lost again in this election.
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