Yoon Seok-yeol Finds TK "Lee Myung-bak Should Be Released Soon... Park Geun-hye Should Have Come Out Sooner"

[Asia Economy Reporters Naju-seok and Lee Hyun-joo] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, visited Daegu and Gyeongbuk (TK) on the 30th and said, "Former President Lee Myung-bak should be released soon."

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At a press conference held at the People Power Party Daegu City Office for the Daegu and Gyeongbuk region, Candidate Yoon raised his voice, saying, "He is elderly and, regardless of status in the rule of law, he carried out the important duties of the presidency with the support of many citizens. Is long-term detention like this aimed at uniting the people with a view to the future?" He added, "I understand that former President Lee's health is not good." Regarding former President Park Geun-hye, who has been granted a pardon, he said, "I greatly welcome her release" and added, "I think she should have been released a little earlier."

On the second day of his visit to TK, Candidate Yoon pledged at the launch ceremony of the election campaign committee to promote the construction of an integrated new airport for Daegu and Gyeongbuk. He also promised the construction of the Dalbit Inland Railroad connecting Daegu and Gwangju and the establishment of the 'Daegu-Gyeongbuk Economic Science Research Institute.' Furthermore, he plans to focus support on Daegu's industrial structure innovation, including medical, future automobile parts, water, energy, robotics, and ICT convergence industries. He intends to transform the former textile and dyeing industrial complex into a high-tech industrial complex and turn the upper section of the Gyeongbu Line's underground section in downtown Daegu into a new tourist attraction. Additionally, he said he would resolve drinking water insecurity by diversifying water intake sources in the Nakdong River basin.

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