Lee Jae-myung on 19th Day of Hunger Strike, Urgently Transported to Hospital Due to Health Deterioration (Update)

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who had been continuing his hunger strike, was urgently transported to a hospital on the morning of the 18th.

It is reported that Lee was taken by an ambulance called by the Democratic Party to the nearby Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital.

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Since the 31st of last month, Lee has been on a hunger strike demanding government reform and a full cabinet reshuffle, a public apology from the president for undermining democracy, and a clear opposition to Japan's discharge of contaminated water.

The day before, the Democratic Party called a 119 ambulance to hospitalize Lee, but he expressed his intention to continue the hunger strike, so the ambulance withdrew.

Earlier, senior advisors Kim Won-ki, Moon Hee-sang, and Lim Chae-jung had demanded the party leadership forcibly hospitalize him.

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