[Photo] Lee Jae-myung's '5·5 Pledge'

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, visited the Kia Motors factory in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province on the 4th, where he examined electric vehicles while being guided by Vice President Choi Jun-young and Factory Manager Yoo Cheol-hee. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers.

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, visited the Kia Motors plant in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province on the 4th, touring the factory with guidance from Vice President Choi Jun-young and Plant Manager Yoo Cheol-hee. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, visited the Kia Motors factory in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province on the 4th. After touring the factory, he is writing in the guestbook. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, held a New Year's press conference on the 4th at the Kia Motors factory in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, under the theme "Vision for Korea's Great Transformation and National Leap Forward." Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, held a New Year's press conference on the 4th at the Kia Motors factory in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, under the theme "Vision for a Great Transformation of Korea and a Leap Forward for the People." Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] On the 4th, Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, held a New Year's press conference under the theme "Vision for Korea's Great Transformation and National Leap Forward" at the Kia Motors factory in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province.

At the press conference, Candidate Lee said, "We will overcome the four major crises and move into the 'Era of National Leap Forward,'" adding, "We aim to become the world's 5th largest power (G5, the five major countries) and achieve a national income of 50,000 dollars."

Regarding his choice of the Kia Sohari plant as the venue for the New Year's press conference, he said, "This place is where our automobile industry was born, the epicenter of the 1997 foreign exchange crisis, and the site where former President Kim Dae-jung declared the early end of the IMF crisis in 2001. It is a place where the history of overcoming national hardships lives and breathes," emphasizing, "Today, here, I promise to the people once again to overcome the crisis and open the era of national leap forward."

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