Cheon Ha-ram "I won't fight with Yoon... I want to surpass Lee Jun-seok and appear on You Quiz"

Differentiation from Lee Jun-seok... "Less Aggressive than Lee Jun-seok"
"Kim Ki-hyun is Old-fashioned... Ahn Cheol-soo Asked Chat GPT"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Cheon Ha-ram, a candidate representing the 'Lee Jun-seok faction' running for party leader in this party convention, emphasized that he is different from former leader Lee Jun-seok by saying, "I will not forcibly fight with President Yoon Seok-yeol." He said he wants to surpass former leader Lee and also appear on the famous entertainment program 'You Quiz on the Block,' which President Yoon appeared on during his candidacy.

On the 10th, on SBS's 'Kim Tae-hyun's Political Show,' Candidate Cheon stated, "I want to surpass former leader Lee more than GwakTube, succeed, and also appear on You Quiz."

Interview_ Cheon Haram, People Power Party Presidential Candidate. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Former leader Lee previously explained on multiple radio programs that the relationship between him and Candidate Cheon is like that between YouTubers 'Pani Bottle' and 'GwakTube.' Travel YouTuber Pani Bottle accompanied GwakTube and helped him build recognition, but GwakTube eventually gained more popularity than Pani Bottle, which was used as a metaphor.

Candidate Cheon said, "(Former leader Lee) really pushed Pani Bottle and GwakTube a lot," adding, "He is Pani Bottle himself and thinks he can expand my recognition together, but ultimately, it depends on my capabilities to do better like GwakTube." Candidate Cheon expects to receive 60% of the votes in this party convention, which is more than 10 percentage points higher than former leader Lee's final vote share in 2021.

He revealed the reason for his candidacy, saying, "I had thought from early on that if former lawmakers Na Kyung-won and Yoo Seung-min did not run, I should run. On the morning Yoo declared he would not run, I thought it would be difficult but I should try. Then (former leader Lee called) and said, 'Chairman Cheon, you know if you run for party leader this time, you’ll become a dragon,'” referring to the decision to run.

However, he plans to differentiate himself from former leader Lee, who used expressions like 'yangduguyuk' (a Chinese idiom meaning 'a wolf in sheep's clothing') against President Yoon. Candidate Cheon said, "I do not have the aggressiveness of former leader Lee" and added, "What if I fight with the president every day? If the president strays far from public sentiment, I will give advice and ask for an apology, but I have no intention of fighting forcibly."

Regarding his competitor for the party leader position, Candidate Kim Ki-hyun, he dismissed him as 'old-fashioned,' and about Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo, he said, "I think I need to ask ChatGPT." Candidate Ahn recently announced plans to utilize the conversational AI ChatGPT in party affairs and was heavily criticized by the Lee Jun-seok faction. Former leader Lee opened fire by comparing it to "Park Young-sun's AI osmosis and Lee Jae-myung's Gimpo Airport vertical takeoff and landing," and Candidate Cheon followed up by saying, "How about asking ChatGPT whether the candidate is pro-Yoon or anti-Yoon?"

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