United Future Party: "The Ruling Party Labels the Incheon International Airport Corporation Incident as 'Youth Privilege'"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 28th, the United Future Party criticized the ruling party regarding the controversy over the conversion of security screening personnel at Incheon International Airport Corporation (In-gukgong) to regular positions, stating, “The ruling party is cunningly borrowing the words equality and fairness to take away opportunities from young people, increasing their relative deprivation, and stigmatizing them as ‘vested interests who get outraged over trivial matters.’”

Kim Eun-hye, spokesperson for the United Future Party, said in a statement that day, “The government and the ruling party are now erecting fences and turning the conflict into a fight between the weak, even dividing young people into factions of ‘my side’ and ‘your side.’”

She pointed out, “Democratic Party leader Lee Hae-chan called the In-gukgong incident a trivial matter but then awkwardly tried to backtrack by blaming the media. The aftermath of this trivial matter peaked through Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Du-kwan, who targeted young people as ‘job seekers who cannot tolerate positions they are not supposed to take’ and ‘shadows of privilege envying free entry into non-regular jobs.’”

She continued, “These people do not understand the reality of job seekers. Unlike the older generation who benefited from national growth, these young people have no one to rely on and have struggled alone, shedding tears over the narrow job market,” and criticized, “Does the government and ruling party understand the despair of those who faced fierce competition and could not guarantee the next step if they made even one mistake in their grades?”

Spokesperson Kim stated, “The government and ruling party have misidentified the cause of young people’s anger,” adding, “Despite the upheaval caused by COVID-19, without any public discussion or employment principles, the president’s words became law, and on May 12, 2017, some people had to make a life turnaround while others remained losers due to procedural opacity, which is what they were angry about.”

Kim said, “While defending former Minister Cho Kuk, who used ‘Daddy’s chance’ to help his children succeed as vested interests, the word ‘fairness’ shouted at hardworking young people carries no weight,” and added, “The ‘world without privilege and cheating’ promised by the president must start now by listening to the desperate cries of the youth, not the regime’s stability.”

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