Yoon Suk-yeol: "Youth Employment, Top National Priority... Promise to Provide Fair Opportunities"

"Calling Chaebol Heads: No Shifting Responsibility for Jobs"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is giving a greeting speech at the 'Yoon Seok-yeol Policy Wiki Unboxing Day' event held at a cafe in Yeouido, Seoul on the afternoon of January 1st. 2022.1.1 [Joint Coverage] [Image Source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, announced on the 2nd that solving the youth employment issue will be the top national agenda for the next government.

On the same day, Yoon posted on his Facebook, saying, "Honestly, I do not fully understand the hearts of the younger generation," but added, "I will continue to make efforts to understand," referring to youth employment.

He stated, "The most urgent task in youth issues is solving the employment problem," and emphasized, "There must be jobs to secure stable income, and income is necessary for a prosperous life."

He cited the regularization of non-regular workers at Incheon International Airport Corporation (In-guk-gong) as an example, saying, "I will create employment policies based on providing fair opportunities that everyone can accept," and stressed, "I will also improve unfair systems such as job inheritance by some labor unions."

He added, "I will create many jobs that anyone wants to challenge, not jobs created by the government with taxes," and said, "I will be a president who asks what help companies need to create jobs, not one who calls conglomerate heads to shift responsibility."

Furthermore, he said, "I will make South Korea a startup paradise where people can freely start businesses. Even if they fail, it will be a safe country, a country where they can try again."

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