Lee Jae-myung "If We Save Youth Who Have Lost Hope... Willingly Populism"

Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung visited the youth housing complex "Jangan Saenghwal" in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 6th and spoke with the resident youths. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kum Boryeong] Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, said, "If populism is necessary to save young people who have lost hope, I am willing to embrace populism."

On the 7th, Lee stated on Facebook, "I want to create a Lee Jae-myung government that stands with the sorrowful lives of the silent people."

Lee emphasized, "Politics often talks about people's livelihood as a catchphrase, but the lives of ordinary people, which are never revealed through complex economic formulas and figures, and the lives of the silent people who do not even have the capacity to take an interest in politics, are the true people's livelihood. Changing their lives is the greatest and most urgent reform."

He continued, "When the state demands duties from the people, it must be swift; when fulfilling its own duties, it must not be frustratingly slow," adding, "From the state's perspective, it may be a small blind spot, but for someone, it is the boundary between life and death."

Along with his post, Lee shared a news report titled "Just 20,000 won to buy rice... The tragic murder by a 22-year-old caregiver." The report deals with a man in his twenties who was sentenced to four years in prison by the Daegu District Court last August on charges of killing a family member. He was punished and socially condemned for not caring for his father, who was paralyzed due to a cerebral hemorrhage, leading to his death. However, the core of the report highlights issues such as financial hardship and deficiencies in the welfare system behind the case.

Lee said, "I will prepare practical measures for the issue of caregiving, where the opportunity for independence was not given to a young person who quietly lived through reality, and where 'either the person themselves or their father must die to end it.' I will fight this presidential election together with all the sorrowful lives that endure hardship day by day."

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