'Is Jeonbuk a Doormat?' Headband Protest... Yeom Young-sun Completes 'Provincial Sports Festival Marathon'

Jamboree Disruption Blamed on Others... Protest Against SOC Budget Cuts

Yeom Young-seon, a Jeonbuk Provincial Assembly member (Jeongeup 2), ran the marathon event, the finale of the 60th Jeonbuk Provincial Sports Festival held in Gimje on the 3rd, representing Jeongeup City and running across the Gimje Horizon.

On the 3rd, Yeom Young-seon, a former Jeonbuk Provincial Assembly member, completed the marathon at the Jeonbuk Provincial Sports Festival wearing a headband that read "Is Jeonbuk a fool?"
[Photo provided by Jeonbuk Provincial Assembly]

On that day, Assemblyman Yeom attracted attention by wearing a headband inscribed with the phrase "Is Jeonbuk a fool?" as a protest against the government's shirking of responsibility for the Saemangeum Jamboree incident and the budget cuts for Saemangeum SOC, and he completed the race wearing it.

Yeom stated, "The biggest victims of the Saemangeum Jamboree fiasco are the people of Jeonbuk, but the government and the ruling party have instead forced the responsibility and the Saemangeum SOC budget cuts onto us," adding, "This is an act that tramples on the pride of 1.8 million residents and tries to make Jeonbuk a scapegoat. I ran wearing the headband as an expression of anger and protest."

Meanwhile, Assemblyman Yeom, a marathoner with over 20 years of experience, has drawn attention by participating in events wearing headbands inscribed with the spirit of the times and messages. In 2004, he wore one saying "National Assembly Impeachment," in 2017 "Regime Change," in 2018 "Declaration of the End of War," in 2019 "Prosecution Reform," in 2022 "Passage of Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province within the Year," and at the Asia-Pacific Masters competition last May, he ran with a headband inscribed with "Wishing Success for the Saemangeum Jamboree."

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