I Will Implement Welfare for All from Cradle to Grave

Im Gil-hyun (58), a prospective candidate from the United Progressive Party for the 19th National Assembly seat representing Yeongdong-gu, has completed his registration and launched full-scale campaign activities.

The prospective candidate was born in Hampyeong, South Jeolla Province, graduated from a teachers' college, and worked in education before entering practical politics. Im stated his reasons for candidacy, saying, "I came forward to realize clear progressive values and the fruits of reform that citizens desire in practical reality, rather than following the current ruling party's political behavior and the opposition party's powerlessness in pursuing immediate gains."

Im said, "The core of my pledges includes educational welfare for mothers and survival welfare necessary for fathers," and added, "I will directly present alternatives to the growing burden of private education costs and the shortcomings of public education, while the aforementioned survival welfare requires extracting elements necessary for improving the quality of life for working people and providing programs that link early retirement and post-retirement issues."

In short, he announced that his major pledge is "welfare for all from cradle to grave."

He also stated, "I will resolve the anger harbored in the hearts of Gwanggyo New Town residents, such as the extension of Shinbundang Line, through policies that build trust," and added, "It is shameful in the eyes of our children and against our conscience to flip promises for immediate gains."

Im is a graduate of Gwangju Commercial High School and Gwangju National University of Education. He previously served as vice principal of Dongsuwon Elementary School and currently works as chairman of the Suwon Philharmonic Pops Orchestra Operating Committee and as an operating committee member and central committee member of the United Progressive Party's Suwon branch.