People Power Party Recruits 1990s-Born Local Election Candidates Including New National University Student Representatives’ Council Co-Chairperson

On March 4, the People Power Party recruited five local election candidates born in the 1980s and 1990s, including the co-chairperson of the New National University Student Representatives’ Council, a youth organization with a conservative orientation.

Yonhap News Agency

The People Power Party’s Talent Recruitment Committee announced five candidates born in the 1990s at a meeting held this morning. The list includes Beomseok Lee (27), co-chairperson of the New National University Student Representatives’ Council; Cheolgyu Kim (28), former president of the Handong University Student Council; Seungyeon Oh (35), former head of the Youth Forum at the Presidential Committee for National Unity; Ara Kang (37), CEO of Kangdan Studio; and Hoseok Lee (28), CEO of the Korea Multicultural Policy Institute.

The Talent Recruitment Committee stated, “The individuals recruited this time are action-oriented young leaders who value practical field experience over political experience, and execution over slogans. As a new generation of leaders, they will help reconnect a stagnant economy and a divided society.” The committee added, “With the recruitment of these five individuals born in the 1990s, the People Power Party will begin a full-scale political innovation, positioning young people not merely as a mobilized group but as key agents driving change.”

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