Unification Talks Fail, Yoon Visits Pohang to "Properly Support POSCO Development"

"Moon Administration's Nuclear Phase-Out Policy, Effectively Admitted as a Mistake"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, is performing an uppercut ceremony at a campaign rally held on the 27th in Sinheung-dong, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongbuk. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kang Woo-seok] On the 27th, Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, visited Pohang, Gyeongbuk, and mentioned that he would strive for the development of POSCO (formerly Pohang Steelworks) if elected president.

At a campaign rally in front of the Bukpohang Post Office in Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Candidate Yoon said, "If I take charge of the government, I will properly support the further development of Pohang's pride, POSCO."

He also praised former President Park Chung-hee. "Whenever I go to Pohang and Ulsan, the person I always think of is former President Park Chung-hee," he said, emphasizing, "He built the (Pohang) Steelworks on a barren sandy plain, and now South Korea has come this far."

He continued, "If such a person had not been there, wouldn't we have been constantly fighting and opposing the construction of highways?" He raised his voice, saying, "The citizens of Pohang should take pride in this and properly build this country that they have worked so hard to support until now."

He also made remarks targeting the Moon Jae-in administration and the Democratic Party of Korea. He said, "Former President Park Chung-hee did another good thing. When our economy was struggling due to the oil crisis caused by the Middle East war, he built nuclear power plants in the southeastern region to strengthen the competitiveness of our future industries," adding, "The Moon Jae-in government pursued a nuclear phase-out policy, but recently announced policies that seem to return from the phase-out, such as restarting Shin Hanul Units 1 and 2. Shin Hanul Units 1 and 2 are already fully constructed and practically completed, and Gori Units 5 and 6 will take 2 to 3 years. This is an admission that the nuclear phase-out policy was wrong."

Candidate Yoon then said, "The Democratic Party is a party trying to make the head of the corrupt forces who brought 350 million won to Daejang-dong and took out one trillion won the president," and criticized, "The people who completely ruined the country with irrational philosophy over the past five years are creating Lee Jae-myung's Democratic Party."

He acknowledged, "Of course, there are conscientious lawmakers in the Democratic Party who respect the people," but pointed out, "However, the people surrounding Lee Jae-myung who spread absurd lies have ruined this country."

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