Yoon Suk-yeol: "Youth Employment Is the Top National Agenda... Will Be Based on 'Fair' Opportunities"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Joesulgina] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, announced on the 2nd that solving the youth employment problem will be the top national agenda for the next government. He directly mentioned the 'Artificial Country Incident,' criticizing it as unfair, and emphasized his policy to achieve tangible results by helping companies create jobs rather than shifting responsibility to conglomerate heads.

On the same day, Yoon stated through social network services (SNS), "Solving the youth employment problem is essential for the sustainable future of the Republic of Korea."

He diagnosed, "When I was growing up, our country was a developing nation but it was an era of hope because there was an expectation that if you tried your best, you could live well. Now we have become a developed country. However, people say this era is not a hopeful time for the younger generation." He added, "This is because the expectation that studying hard and working hard will lead to a good life has collapsed. As a member of the older generation, I am very sorry."

Yoon emphasized making the employment issue the top national agenda, saying, "There must be jobs to earn stable income, and with income, a prosperous life is possible." In particular, citing the Artificial Country Incident as an example, he said, "I will focus on the fairness of the employment issue," and promised, "The indiscriminate conversion to regular employment policy is unfair. Whether job seekers or those already employed, I will create employment policies based on providing fair opportunities that everyone can accept."

Furthermore, he mentioned, "I will also improve unfair systems such as job inheritance within some labor unions," and added, "I will work on institutional improvements to eliminate the 'parent chance' where unions pass jobs down to their children."

Yoon emphasized the creation of quality jobs, saying, "I will create many good jobs that anyone wants to challenge, not jobs created by the government with taxes." He also said, "Jobs are created by companies," and added, "I will be a president who asks what help companies need to create jobs, not one who calls conglomerate heads just to shift responsibility." This appears to be aimed at the part where President Moon Jae-in met with conglomerate heads on December 17 last year and said, "Creating good jobs is basically the responsibility of companies."

He also mentioned the importance of startups. Yoon said, "I will make the Republic of Korea a 'Startup Heaven,'" and added, "Anyone can challenge with just ideas and technology even without money. A country of young startups is the future Korea I dream of."

He stated, "A country where youth have hope and dreams is a truly strong nation with a future," and declared, "The Republic of Korea under the Yoon Seok-yeol government is led by youth. I promise to make every effort so that the younger generation can lead our society and grow as the full protagonists of future Korea."

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