Inkukgong Crisis: Kim Doo-kwan Speaks Again, "Is Only Public Recruitment 'Fair'?"... Hong Joon-pyo Calls It "Forced Chunhyang"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Regarding the Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) incident, Kim Du-kwan, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, raised his voice saying, "Is fairness only about open recruitment?" Former Liberty Korea Party leader Hong Joon-pyo pointed out that the Moon administration's forced labor policies are the problem.

On the 29th, Kim said on Facebook, "It seems the United Future Party does not welcome the conversion of non-regular workers in the public sector to regular positions."

He criticized, "(The United Future Party) is also uninterested in the employment exam issue that pushes young people into endless competition," adding, "They call firing non-regular workers at partner companies and rehiring them through open recruitment 'fairness.' They only consider open recruitment as 'fair' and foster a sense of privilege that non-regular workers who did not take the exam are not colleagues."

Kim emphasized, "Even if the wage gap between regular and non-regular workers is twice as large, they say it's not 'unfair.' I don't understand if they want to leave discrimination as it is," and added, "There is also active agitation that IIAC is given special treatment because it is a workplace the president visited. The president visited because it was a symbolic workplace with the highest proportion of non-regular workers. The conversion to regular positions is not limited to IIAC."

He said, "The conversion to regular positions is a difficult journey to resolve polarization, create good jobs, improve social inequality, and turn unfairness into fairness," and added, "If the number of regular positions increases and the wage gap decreases through this conversion, young people will have more opportunities to find good jobs."

On the other hand, former leader Hong pointed out, "In the political sphere, regarding the IIAC incident, only side debates are happening while ignoring the essence," and stated, "The essence of the IIAC incident is the lack of youth jobs."

He said, "Since the Moon administration came into power, successive left-leaning policies have pushed private youth jobs to the brink, and expanding only public jobs like in Greece caused side effects that are the first cause of the so-called IIAC incident. The second cause is the discrimination between regular and non-regular workers," adding, "The political sphere does not intend to correct the overprotection of regular workers and the misconduct of strong labor unions but only shouts for the abolition of discrimination between regular and non-regular workers in the labor market like a forced Chunhyang, causing the employment market to shrink."

Hong criticized, "If the Moon administration's left-leaning economic policies return to free market policies, employment flexibility is secured, and the misconduct of strong labor unions disappears, youth jobs will overflow and discrimination between regular and non-regular workers will naturally be resolved," adding, "The Moon administration, which does not consider such fundamental approaches and only stirs emotional conflicts, is truly a pitiful administration."

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