Documentary Film Depicting Lee Jun-seok's Political Journey to Premiere in March

'JUNSTONE YEAR ONE' to Be Released on March 13
From Leaving People Power Party to Winning the 22nd General Election

A documentary film capturing the political journey of Lee Jun-seok, a member of the Reform New Party who has officially declared his candidacy for the next presidential election, will be released in March.

A documentary film depicting the political journey of Lee Jun-seok, a member of the Reform New Party who has officially declared his candidacy for the next presidential election, will be released in March.

According to sources in the political and film industries on the 1st, the documentary film starring Lee is titled 'JUNSTONE YEAR ONE.' It covers a year-long journey from March 2023, after he was ousted as the leader of the People Power Party, teaching mathematics to low-income children in Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, to founding the Reform New Party last year and running for and winning the 22nd general election in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. The release date is scheduled for the 13th of next month.

Director Lee Jong-eun, who filmed the movie, reportedly wanted to portray not the politician Lee Jun-seok but the human Lee Jun-seok?how he views politics and lives his life, capturing the perspective of a young man.

Lee was appointed the youngest leader of the main opposition party in 2021 but later left the People Power Party due to conflicts with the pro-Yoon mainstream faction. On December 27, 2023, he held a press conference at a charcoal-grilled ribs restaurant in Nowon-gu to officially announce the founding of the Reform New Party. Notably, December 27, twelve years earlier, was the day Lee joined the Park Geun-hye emergency committee as its youngest member (then 26 years old) ahead of the 19th general election. After serving as the inaugural leader of the new party, he ran for the 22nd general election in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, and won after a close race against candidates from the Democratic Party and the People Power Party.

As the possibility of an early presidential election increases following President Yoon Seok-yeol’s indictment and detention on charges of leading a rebellion, Lee recently formed a special advisory group of about 15 members to lay the groundwork for what is effectively a presidential campaign team. Lee will turn 40 on March 31, the minimum age eligible to run for president.

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