"2030 Oh Support Distorted" Park Young-sun's Endorsement Speech '20s Youth' Revealed to Be Former Ruling Party Staff

Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for Seoul mayor, is greeting supporters with a thumbs-up at a concentrated campaign rally held near Isu Station in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, on the 31st. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim So-young] It has been confirmed that a man in his 20s who took the stage at Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's Seoul mayoral candidate's campaign rally to appeal for support was a former party official who recently served as the spokesperson for the Democratic Party's National University Student Committee.

At Park's campaign rally held on the morning of the 31st in front of Taepyeong Department Store in Sadang-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Mr. A, introduced as a "28-year-old graduate student," took the stage.

Mr. A, who went up on stage, said, "I came here to correct the distortion that all young people in their 20s and 30s support candidate Oh Se-hoon," adding, "Although there was great dissatisfaction with the current government due to rising housing prices and the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) scandal, we must calm our anger and choose a candidate who can resolve this issue."

He also said, "After watching the last two Seoul mayoral candidate debates, I thought Oh Se-hoon really wouldn't do."

It has caused a stir as Mr. A, who was introduced as an ordinary young voter supporting candidate Park, was later revealed to be a former Democratic Party official.

In response to the controversy, a representative from Park's campaign team explained, "It was not written in the plan that he was a former party official, and he came up spontaneously at the scene," adding, "It was not prearranged."

Meanwhile, Hwang Gyu-hwan, the standing deputy spokesperson of the People Power Party, criticized in a verbal comment, "It is despicable to disguise a party official as an ordinary graduate student to win the hearts of young people," and added, "Young people are turning their backs on such lies and hypocrisy of the Democratic Party."

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