Launch of Lee Jae-myung Support Group 'Munhwa Gangguk Gwangju Committee'

545 Local Culture and Arts Artists Participate

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The ‘Republic of Korea Great Transition Campaign Committee Cultural Power Gwangju Committee,’ a support group for Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, has been launched.

The Gwangju Committee, with 545 cultural artists from Gwangju participating, included attendees such as Lee Byung-hoon, National Assembly member (Senior Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party’s Cultural Power Committee), Yoon Mansik, Chairman of the Gwangju Committee (President of Gwangju Minyechong), Cha Jaegun, Chairman of the Cultural Power Busan Committee, Kim Jungwon (Executive Director of the Korea Culture and Arts Network), as well as Jeong Sangyeon, Choi Cheol, Jeong Jinmo, Kim Changjun, Vice Chairmen of the Gwangju Committee, and representatives from various cultural and artistic fields.

Lee Byung-hoon, Senior Vice Chairman of the Cultural Power Committee, stated, “The Democratic Party’s ‘Republic of Korea Great Transition Campaign Committee Cultural Power Committee’ is ideologically rooted in the outstanding foresight of Baekbeom Kim Gu and will expand the base of culture to strengthen the status of a cultural powerhouse.”

The Gwangju Committee identified candidate Lee Jae-myung as the best choice for realizing the rights and interests of cultural artists and declared that, as a mediator for a world where communication can occur without discrimination or conflict, it will actively provide opinions on Lee Jae-myung’s cultural policies, which understand culture and propose the continuous development of better culture as an election pledge. They also stated they will actively participate in policy development toward becoming a cultural powerhouse even after the election ends.

During the presidential election period, the Cultural Power Gwangju Committee will continuously hold invited lectures, forums, policy proposals, and policy agreements on topics such as ▲ cultural decentralization debates ▲ agenda discovery for a cultural powerhouse ▲ establishment of basic income for artists.

The cultural-related agendas derived through these activities will be proposed as pledges of candidate Lee Jae-myung.

The Cultural Power Gwangju Committee operates with committees by district and by genre within Gwangju. Currently, activists from various cultural and artistic fields based in Gwangju, including literature, visual arts, architecture, dance, gugak (traditional Korean music), film, broadcasting, theater, and cultural planning, are participating.

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