Ahn Cheol-soo Receives Continuous Family 'Support Fire'... Differentiating from Lee and Yoon

Wife Professor Kim Mi-kyung Visits Honam Alone to Win Votes
Daughter An Seol-hee Appeals for Support of Candidate An via Vlog

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, and his wife, Professor Kim Mi-kyung of Seoul National University, are greeting their daughter, Dr. Ahn Seol-hee, who returned from the United States, at Incheon Airport on the afternoon of the 23rd. 2022.1.23 Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong] The family of Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, has been actively supporting him day after day. His spouse, Professor Kim Mi-kyung of Seoul National University, visited Honam, and his daughter, Ahn Seol-hee, uploaded a vlog on YouTube. This contrasts with the major presidential candidates from the two large parties who are burdened with 'family risks.'

According to the People’s Party, Professor Kim visited the Honam region from the 26th until the day before. On the 26th, she comforted the families of victims at the collapsed apartment construction site in Hwajeong-dong, Gwangju, and held meetings with the student councils of the medical schools at Chonnam National University and Chosun University. On the 27th, she volunteered for COVID-19 specimen collection at the Gwangju City Hall screening clinic, then moved to Yeosu, greeting citizens while walking through the Romantic Pocha Street. On the 28th, she appealed for support for candidate Ahn at places including the Yeosu Fish Market.

Professor Kim’s schedule is interpreted as a full-fledged 'appearance.' This is the first time the People’s Party has announced an official schedule solely for Professor Kim. Moreover, it was a 'two-track' approach, moving separately from candidate Ahn, who had a packed schedule. Professor Kim took the forefront of the campaign in Honam on behalf of candidate Ahn, who found it difficult to visit Honam before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Born in Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, and raised in Yeosu, Professor Kim is known as the 'daughter of Honam,' and the People’s Party expects her to help capture the Honam vote. It is also known that during this Honam schedule, Professor Kim introduced herself as a 'Yeosu person.'

Support from candidate Ahn’s daughter, Ahn Seol-hee, is also continuing. Since the 25th, Ahn has been uploading vlogs on YouTube, saying, "Through YouTube, I hope to show more of who Ahn Cheol-soo is as a person and as a father, rather than just as a politician." She has announced that she will film and upload vlogs while undergoing self-quarantine for COVID-19 after returning from the United States. In the vlog uploaded on the 27th, she introduced her research on the COVID-19 Delta variant, stating, "I believe that the person who can lead South Korea during the COVID-19 era is candidate Ahn. This is said as a researcher and a basic scientist." She emphasized, "Candidate Ahn is an IT expert and has been a professor, but he also has a background as a doctor and basic science researcher, so I believe he can lead South Korea well." She added, "Please support candidate Ahn a lot."

Candidate Ahn stands in stark contrast to Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party and Yoon Seok-youl of the People Power Party, who are both hampered by family risks. Candidate Lee faces allegations concerning his children’s illegal admissions, prostitution, and illegal gambling, while candidate Yoon is still under suspicion for his wife Kim Gun-hee’s academic fraud and involvement in the Deutsche Motors stock manipulation scandal.

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