Presidential Office Staff Also Surprised... Yoon Comments "Strengthen Care Services" on Disabled YouTuber's Channel

Pledge for a "Society That Embraces with a Generous Heart"
Posts on Facebook for Disability Day
If Freedom Is Not Guaranteed for Any Reason, It Will Be Ensured Through Solidarity
Will Provide Welfare Services Closely Connected to Daily Life

President Yoon Suk-yeol, for the first time since his inauguration, personally left a comment on a YouTube channel related to people with disabilities, promising to "significantly strengthen care services to ensure that people with disabilities do not face inconveniences."

According to the Presidential Office and YouTube on the 20th, President Yoon posted a comment saying "This is Yoon Suk-yeol" on a video uploaded on the YouTube channel WERACLE, which introduced Song Han-jun, a person with developmental disabilities, and his family, on the 19th.

President Yoon also reiterated his promise, saying, "We will do our best to create a 'society that embraces with a generous heart,' as mentioned by Song Han-jun’s parents."

President Yoon has shown interest by communicating with people with developmental disabilities and care service workers, and in July last year, he displayed artworks created by painters with developmental disabilities in the lobby of the Yongsan Presidential Office building.

The Presidential Office staff reportedly discovered the comment posted by President Yoon without prior consultation on the same day and confirmed the fact.

President Yoon Suk-yeol left a comment on the disabled YouTuber channel 'WERACLE' on the 19th and promised to significantly strengthen care services. Photo by YouTube channel 'WERACLE' capture

On the morning of the same day, marking the Day of Persons with Disabilities, President Yoon wrote on Facebook, "The opportunity for everyone to realize their selfhood is the philosophy of freedom pursued by the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, and there can be no exceptions to this. If anyone’s freedom is not guaranteed for any reason, we must stand in solidarity to ensure it."

He continued, "Reflecting this philosophy, we announced the 2023-27 Comprehensive Plan for Disability Policy in March this year," adding, "Through support projects such as the personal budget system that allows individuals to choose the services they need, integrated care for people with severe developmental disabilities who have difficulties in daily life, and emergency care for developmental disabilities providing 24-hour care for up to a week during hospitalization or family events, we will provide welfare services closely connected to real life."

He also emphasized, "Everyone must have fair opportunities," and "To guarantee fair opportunities, we must stand in solidarity and help each other."

President Yoon particularly pledged, "We will faithfully implement tailored support, communicate with the field, and continuously improve," and "We will strive harder to create a society where people with disabilities have fair opportunities equal to those without disabilities."

President Yoon Suk-yeol posted on Facebook on the 20th, marking the 43rd Disabled Persons' Day, stating that he will provide welfare services closely connected to real life to ensure fair opportunities. Photo by President Yoon Suk-yeol

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