Lee Jae-myung, Kang Hoon-sik, and Park Yong-jin Hold Dinner Meeting... Initiating Intra-Party Unity Efforts

Discussing Party's Future Over Meal with Primary Election Candidates
That Morning's Breakfast Also Attended by About 20 Party Lawmakers

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, will meet consecutively with former candidates Kang Hoon-sik and Park Yong-jin, who ran together in the recent party leadership election, on the 30th.

Park Sung-jun, spokesperson for the Democratic Party, said in a meeting with reporters at the National Assembly in the afternoon, "It was suggested that it would be good to have a meeting with former candidates Kang and Park who ran in the previous presidential and party leadership elections, so I arranged the meeting," adding, "Both of them also gladly agreed that it would be good to meet."

Lee is scheduled to meet Kang at 12:30 PM and then have dinner with Park at 6 PM on the same day.

This move is interpreted as an effort to dispel internal conflicts during the election process and emphasize unity. It is also reported that Lee had breakfast with about 20 Democratic Party lawmakers that day.

Spokesperson Park said, "In fact, during elections, there is competition and intense debate, but when President Moon Jae-in was visited, Lee asked for guidance, and the president said that while 99% of the support base is the same, we must also go together with the remaining 1%. In that sense, I think Lee is making a significant move," adding, "Among them, meeting the two people he met during the leadership race and listening to their stories has great meaning."

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