Ahn Cheol-soo: "I Will Be a Good Friend to Youth"... Launch of the 'Youth Cabinet'

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"We Aim to Listen to the Hearts of Young People Together"

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, is attending the 'Youth Cabinet Inauguration Ceremony with Ahn Cheol-soo' held at House Cafe in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the 5th. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong] Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, continues his outreach to 'youth.' On the 5th, he posted a second message on Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party’s 'Youth Dream' platform, and also launched a youth cabinet.

On the same day, Ahn wrote on the Youth Dream homepage, "First, I want to listen to the hearts of young people together," adding, "Rather than giving or presenting something, or winning hearts with sweet stories, I will first listen to sincere concerns and criticisms." He also said, "I will strive to be your 'good friend.'"

Ahn said, "It was surprising. Genuine 'communication' with young people, not a 'show,' is rare in politics," and added, "I am also envious. I wonder why such a bright space for youth was not created earlier." On the 2nd, Ahn had also posted an article titled 'Why do young people like and enthusiastically support Representative Hong Joon-pyo?' on Youth Dream. Youth Dream is an online youth platform created by Representative Hong.

Instead, Ahn launched a 'youth cabinet' to verify his youth pledges and concretize them into proposals. It consists of the Ministry of Fair Education, Ministry of Advanced Defense, Ministry of Secure Housing, Ministry of Future Jobs, and Ministry of Sustainable Welfare, with Kim Geun-tae, the youth supreme committee member, serving as the prime minister. The youth cabinet plans to hold its own ministry meetings followed by a cabinet meeting to directly discuss with Ahn. They also operate a grievance committee blog to communicate with young people. After the first youth cabinet’s one-month activity, a second term will follow.

At the youth cabinet launch ceremony held at House Cafe in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the same day, Ahn said, "Youth are the future of the Republic of Korea. The reason I first entered politics was to solve youth issues," explaining, "It was already 10 years ago, but through youth concerts, I empathized with young people not just intellectually but emotionally, comforted them in my own way, and advised them in various ways. However, the role a university professor can play was limited. So after much thought, I entered politics to directly solve youth problems."

Along with this, Ahn emphasized, "My original intention that politics is for public interest, not private gain, has not changed at all," and said, "I think youth issues are essentially the same as the sustainability of the Republic of Korea. The future of youth must be guaranteed for the country of Korea to exist in the future."

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, is speaking at the "Youth Cabinet Inauguration Ceremony with Ahn Cheol-soo" held at House Cafe in Yeouido, Seoul, on the morning of the 5th. (Photo by Yonhap News)

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