Kim Jong-in "We Must Carefully Consider How to Protect and Support Single-Parent Families by the Government"

After Visiting the Facility, Expressed Feeling "Mixed Emotions"
Asked If It Is Difficult for a Vulnerable Mother to Raise a Child

Kim Jong-in, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, is attending the Emergency Response Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 8th and delivering an opening remark. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] On the 9th, Kim Jong-in, the Emergency Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, visited Aeranwon, a welfare facility for unmarried and single-parent families in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and said, "The government needs to think about how to support and protect them well in the future."

Before Lunar New Year, after visiting the facility, Chairman Kim expressed his mixed feelings. He said, "Since children are born, they need to be properly cared for and protected so they can grow up normally, but it seems it would be difficult for the mothers as well," adding, "Since they are in a very mentally vulnerable state, wouldn't it be hard for the mothers to take good care of them?"

Meanwhile, after finishing the facility visit, when reporters asked what data supports that the final candidate of the People Power Party can defeat Ahn Cheol-soo, the leader of the People’s Party, in the primary, Chairman Kim said, "There is some data that our party internally thinks about and holds," but drew a line by saying, "There is nothing to publicly announce."

Regarding the increasingly heated tensions among the party candidates, he said, "I asked them to exercise restraint, but as they compete, it seems like things are slightly going off track."

On the news of former Democratic Party lawmaker Geum Tae-seop pushing for a new party, he responded, "Since it is Mr. Geum’s personal opinion, I have nothing to comment on."

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