Unusual Praise from Lee Jae-myung's Camp: "Yoon Seok-yeol's Pledge for 2 Million Won Soldier Salary Welcomed"

"Excellent Policies, Good Policies Have No Separate Copyright"
"Let's Fully Initiate Productive Policy Competition"

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, and Yoon Seok-youl, the People Power Party presidential candidate, are attending the Local Autonomy Awards and Korea Regional Development Awards ceremony hosted by the Korea Local Newspaper Association at the Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 27th, exchanging greetings. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 10th, the presidential campaign of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea candidate, unusually praised Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party presidential candidate. They welcomed his pledge to pay soldiers a monthly salary of 2 million won.

Jeon Yong-gi, spokesperson for the Democratic Party, said in a briefing that day, "Yesterday, Candidate Yoon made a 'one-line pledge' of 'soldiers' monthly salary of 2 million won.' We welcome Candidate Yoon's pledge."

Spokesperson Jeon introduced, "Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, already announced the 'Five Major Defense Pledges' on the 24th of last month. He promised to open the '2 million won monthly salary era for soldiers' by 2027 to improve soldiers' service conditions." This means Lee had made a similar pledge first.

He added, "Candidate Yoon has, for the first time in a while, announced a pledge with the same content as Candidate Lee's," and said, "We do not think that copyright belongs separately to excellent and good policies for soldiers."

He continued, "It is the role of our politics for the ruling and opposition parties to work together and respond to the dedication of youth to the nation by striving to fulfill their pledges," and added, "We also ask that the ruling and opposition parties now fully engage in productive policy competition."

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