'"Vote for the person," says the ruling party... Jin Joong-kwon’s sharp remark: "A person must be like a person to be a person"'

A post by former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon on Facebook. Photo by Jin Joong-kwon, former Dongyang University professor, Facebook capture.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Soyoung] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon strongly criticized the phrase in a video appealing for ruling party support on the 25th, saying, "A person must be like a person to be a person."

On the same day, Jin posted on his Facebook along with a photo containing the sentence "Please vote for the person," expressing this view.

The scene is from a so-called "color marketing" video recently promoted by the Democratic Party of Korea, which contrasts the People Power Party and the Democratic Party using red and blue colors.

According to the video, the phrase appears: "'Disliking blue' and 'liking red' are not the same thing," followed by "You are not someone who suits red. You have never voted for greed even once."

It continues, "So I make this shameless request. Please look at the person in this election. Look at the person coldly," comparing candidates from both parties.

Finally, it appeals repeatedly for support of the Democratic Party, saying, "If you dislike blue, that feeling may not be easily reversed, but please vote for the person so that the blue government you created can have strength for the remaining period."

This video was created to promote candidates Park Young-sun and Kim Young-choon, who are running for Seoul mayor and Busan mayor, respectively.

The political controversy inside and outside the circle is also intense. As ruling party lawmakers, including candidate Park Young-sun, shared and supported the video, some voices expressed concern that it incites politics through "colorism."

Democratic Party lawmaker Ko Min-jung, who shared the video and caused controversy, later stated on Facebook, "You may say whatever you want. If that can ease the anger, I will listen," adding, "I will accept any humiliation. I will endure those sneers."

She continued, "But please do not tell me to stay silent or not to say anything," emphasizing, "Because there is something I must protect," and stressed, "We cannot turn back the world that Presidents Kim Dae-jung, Roh Moo-hyun, and Moon Jae-in have been building."

In response, People Power Party lawmaker Cho Soo-jin said, "Colors are not guilty. Colors have no ruling or opposition, conservative or progressive, my side or your side," pointing out, "Only those who look at everything through colored glasses are guilty." Kim Geun-sik, head of the Vision Strategy Office of the People Power Party, criticized lawmaker Ko, calling her "a thoughtless pro-Moon lawmaker with no sense of history or awareness of issues."

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