Eleven days to go.
In less that eleven days time, the nation will head to the polls to elect a president.
It's a presidential election taking place in this nice, spring weather for the first
time in South Korea's election history.
It's an election that precipitated from a sudden impeachment of ex-president over an
alleged bribery scandal.
And, now Koreans will have to make a decision based on a cut-short verification period.
To help you better analyze each candidate, we've been meeting with the candidates.
Today, I sit down with the presidential nominee of Justice Party, Sim Sang-jung.
Notice: Airdates of Bareun Party and Justice Party nominees have been switched due to filming
dates.
Sim Sang-jung, presidential nominee for the progressive Justice Party running in South
Korea's 2017 presidential election, thank you for squeezing time out of your absolutely
hectic campaigning schedule.
You've been a prominent labor activist and you are a three-term lawmaker.
Why are you running for the presidency this time around?
Over the last five months nearly 17 million candles were lit across this nation.
The Korean people came together to voice their disappointment.
They cried, "What kind of a country is this?
Let us survive together."
My goal is to boldly reform the current, 60-year old political system and transform Korea into
a nation of justice and equality, where anyone and everyone can make a living if he or she
works hard.
I decided to run for president to fulfill the desires of the Korean people.
Your campaign slogan is "A nation where labor is dignified."
Explain to us, what is a country where labor is dignified?
Korea has been constantly undergoing change over the past 60 years; 30 years of industrialization
and 30 years of democratization.
Through those changes Korea has now become one of the top ten economic powers in the
world and the nation's per capita income has increased by about 400 times over the course
of 60 years.
It is safe to say that no other nation in the world has ever achieved such rapid economic
growth and no other nation will ever be able to top that record either.
But the important thing is that the majority of Koreans are not happy.
Of the 20 million salaried workers, 10 million barely earn an average of US$ 2,000 per month.
As for medium and small traders and manufacturers, one in three can barely make US$ 1,000 per
month.
And, the farmers in this country make an average of only US$ 940 per month.
Such struggles faced by the Korean people are all due to the policies made by the government
in favor of the chaebol.
The Korean government has treated labor as merely an expense to fulfill their needs and
solely focused on the growth of the chaebol.
A democracy without respect for its laborers cannot create a society where the majority
of people can live happily.
First and foremost, it is my goal to reform the conglomerates that have held so much power
over the past 60 years to create a Korea where we can get rid of temporary positions and
provide our youth with quality jobs.
Economic growth and jobs.
I think it's an issue that comes up every election season and not only here but all
across the globe.
Do you have a blueprint of how you would steer Asia's fourth-largest economy so that the
benefits will trickle down to the ordinary people, too?
First of all, we are all well aware that the 4th Industrial Revolution is quickly becoming
a reality.
Therefore, I strongly believe we need to invest in ecological economics and in developing
new, renewable energy sources.
Just as former president Park Chung-hee built the Gyeongbu Expressway back in the 70s to
facilitate high-speed growth, and just as former president Kim Dae-jung installed fiber
optic cables to make Korea a leading nation in IT, I pledge to set up "solar electric
charge stations" nationwide and promote the use of new and renewable energy sources to
usher in the age of ecological economics.
Second, it is important to note that the manufacturing industry is lagging behind.
By implementing the changes that the 4th Industrial revolution will bring about, I will modernize
the manufacturing industry with cutting edge technology and make it more service-oriented
to bring about a second revival of manufacturing.
And most importantly, I will establish an SME cluster to strengthen SMEs by having companies
work together with the Korean people to promote growth from the bottom up.
When it comes to improving the economy, my plan is to start by supporting the Korean
people, with the goal of increasing the GDP by at least 10%.
Finally, my vision for the Korean economy lies in peace.
I aim to promote peaceful economic relations across the Korean Peninsula, a system that
I hope will eventually reach out all the way out to Europe.
The Korean peninsula at the moment is under international radar.
There's been a rapid escalation of tensions in this part of the world.
Continuous provocations by North Korean regime.
What is your policy vis-a-vis Pyongyang?
Above all else, I aim to cooperate with our allies and the international community to
ensure that any strategic military decisions in response to provocations from North Korea
will not result in a crisis situation.
On that note, as president I will not simply seek a countermeasure to the nuclear issue
of North Korea, but rather a fundamental solution.
There are clearly limitations to military action as even U.S. President Trump has said
he would no longer take a strategic approach in dealing with North Korea,
Military actions and THAAD are not enough in dealing with the North's nuclear issue.
That is why my immediate plan is to engage in peaceful diplomacy to freeze the North's
nuclear programs with the ultimate goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
A North Korean nuclear freeze entails putting a stop to any nuclear and missile tests essentially
removing future nuclear weapons.
The second step in this denuclearization process would be to negotiate any measures with Kim
Jong-un to remove any existing nuclear weapons.
This is not only my idea, but also one proposed by the impeached former-president Park.
To conclude, I will promote a step-by-step process to achieve denuclearization which
I consider to be the fundamental solution to this issue.
On the diplomatic front - South Korea not in the best situation currently.
There is a new president in the White House - very different from the last president with
a seemingly different approach to the North Korea issue.
There is China to the north, in a clash of interest with South Korea.
How would you best situate yourself so that South Korea puts the best foot forward in
this complex relationship?
The peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula has now become an international problem.
However since South Korea has been walking on eggshells between the U.S. and China, the
nation's diplomatic relations with neighboring countries has been deteriorating.
I would like to say that South Korea is in the crisis of falling down because previous
governments couldn't make up their minds on which super power to side with.
What I want to emphasize today is that the Republic of Korea currently has no voice when
it comes to the issue surrounding the Korean Peninsula despite the fact that this is its
own problem.
And so, I will create set a new stage wherein South Korea can take an active role in deciding
the future of the peninsula.
I will do this by first making the U.S. and China ensure peace within the peninsula by
acting as facilitators.
After this, I will also open an Asian chapter of the Helsinki Process which will strive
to balance the strategic benefits of neighboring world powers.
Now, my final question - a common question to all candidates.
Why does the Republic of Korea need Sim Sang-jung as president in 2017?
I have a message I would like to send to our nation's voters in and out of the country.
Up to this point, South Koreans have had the tendency to support the leading candidate
when it comes to voting.
But where did these leading candidates guide the nation to?
How has South Korea changed?
I want you to think about it carefully.
There is no such thing as a wasted vote.
I want all of you to reflect on whether it is really worth it to vote for the second-best
candidate just for the sake of a party change in power.
Take a minute to contemplate whether your lives have changed as a result of such a decision
when you vote in this election.
Some worry that your vote will go to waste if you vote for me, but I assure you once
again; there is no wasted vote.
I believe a wasted vote is one that's just given to the one leading opinion surveys.
I hold the key to reforming the nation.
If my approval rate turns out to be low, I would like to stress, in that instance, whoever
else ends up becoming the next president can easily betray the public sentiment represented
by candlelights.
I, Sim Sang-jung, will make the Republic of Korea a place where laborers can stand up
for themselves.
I will make our nation a place where the youth can fall in love again.
I ask for your full support, and promise to become a president who works toward changing
your lives.
Thank you.
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