Louder Than Megaphones: Candidate Kim Seok-jun Stops Speakers for Ambulance at Daeyeon Intersection Campaign Rally

Candidate Kim Seok-jun is conducting an election campaign. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] A street campaign by candidate Kim Seok-jun, running for Busan Superintendent of Education, drew attention.

At around 6 p.m. on the 30th, while campaigning at Daeyeon Intersection in Nam-gu, Busan, the voice of Kim Seok-jun, candidate for Busan Superintendent of Education, suddenly cut off.

The campaign team, aides, and election workers ran around in a state of emergency. The campaign speaker, which had been ringing loudly, suddenly stopped and it became quiet.

"We can't hear the sound. Is the microphone broken? Is the speaker okay? Check the lines first. Move quickly." The campaign team and aides moved urgently.

However, it was neither a microphone nor a speaker malfunction. Hearing the siren of a 119 ambulance from afar, candidate Kim Seok-jun intentionally paused the campaign for a moment.

As the campaign team and aides ran around in a fluster, Kim said, "I stopped the campaign briefly so that the 119 siren sound could be clearly heard by the surrounding vehicles."

It was a brief incident where candidate Kim momentarily decided to pause the campaign to prevent passing vehicles from missing the siren sound due to the speech coming from the campaign vehicle's speaker.

Even in the tight situation of the final stretch of the election to gain one more vote, the audience applauded the attitude shown by candidate Kim.

The campaign team, aides, and election workers quickly ran onto the road, signaling vehicles entering the intersection and physically blocking regular vehicles to help the passage of the 119 ambulance.

Pedestrians and citizens waiting for the crosswalk signal added their encouragement and applause.

Ryu So-jeong, head of the Open Communication Headquarters of the election committee, said, "At first, I was flustered thinking the microphone or speaker was broken," and added, "Even though the election is imminent and the campaign is urgent, I was moved by candidate Kim Seok-jun’s actions to let the 119 ambulance pass quickly."

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