총선 공식선거운동 2일 0시 돌입…13일간의 열전 레이스 개막<br /><br />Despite many cancellations over the COVID-19 pandemic,... one thing that's not on hold,... South Korea's general election.<br />Candidates running for the upcoming April 15th general election had a long night …as the official campaigning period began at the stroke of midnight on Thursday.<br />They all have compact two-weeks to earn the vote of the people before the polls open on the 15th.<br />Park Se-young has more.<br />The head of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's election campaign committee, former prime minister Lee Nak-yon, began his campaign by meeting with part-time workers at mom-and-pop stores …and promised a politics of hope.<br />"I wanted to tell people not to lose hope on the first day of the campaign. As Lee Nak-yon, you're going to have to do something. Do well. I have confidence in you."<br />The leader of the main opposition United Future Party, Hwang Kyo-ahn, held a press conference at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul just before midnight …and called for economic revival... and judgment on the current administration.<br />"I cannot forget your blood-boiling cries for justice and fairness that collapsed with the Cho Kuk scandal. Jongro will become the number one spot for the judgment of this administration."<br />The Party for People's Livelihoods began its campaign at a night market and said the focus should be on people's livelihoods, …rather than confrontations between the two major parties.<br />"The big parties ruined the economy and people's lives with their endless fights. Candidate number 3, the People's Party will win through."<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Justice Party met with late-night workers at a railway station and promised to prevent a labor crisis.<br />"Above all else, the Justice Party will be at the forefront of preventing a COVID-19 labor crisis, a layoff threat worse than the IMF crisis."<br />The candidates running in the April 15th election can actively campaign until the day before the election.<br />Park Se-young, Arirang News.<br />
