Kim Min-seok "Yongsan Children's Garden Opening, Absurd... Wrong in Terms of Child Safety and National Interest"

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Kim Min-seok, the Policy Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, raised concerns about safety regarding the plan to open Yongsan Children's Park on the 4th.

At the party policy coordination meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Chairman Kim said, "The plan to open Yongsan as a children's garden in celebration of Children's Day is surprising and absurd."

He stated, "It involves reopening an area that was opened last year under the condition that people stay only for two hours due to contamination risks, by covering it with 15cm of soil," and publicly questioned President Yoon Suk-yeol, "Is the land of the U.S. military base safe or not?"

He continued, "Opening an unsafe area harms the public and children, and if it is safe, the contamination cleanup of Yongsan (U.S. military base) is still unresolved as negotiations with the U.S. side are ongoing. On what basis will demands be made to the U.S. side in the future?"

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Chairman Kim pointed out, "Judging by the government's refusal to disclose data, it is clear that it is not safe," adding, "This is a serious mistake both in terms of public safety and national interest."

Meanwhile, Chairman Kim said, "The Nursing Act and the insertion of the May 18 Spirit into the preamble of the Constitution are the most representative common pledges between the ruling and opposition parties," and added, "The voices of key figures in the ruling party pledging to enact the Nursing Act remain, and since disciplinary discussions are underway over statements related to May 18 by two Supreme Council members of the People Power Party, Tae Young-ho and Kim Jae-won, I hope that these two issues will be the starting point for a swift agreement on the contents of the common pledges between the ruling and opposition parties."

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