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Joo Young-jin ■ Interview: Ryu Ho-jeong, Justice Party member
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▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: After the 21st National Assembly opened, the person who received the media attention I wonder if there is another one. Ryu Ho-jeong, a member of the Justice Party, came out. Welcome to.

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Nice to meet you.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Ryu Ho-jeong, a politician, and a member of the National Assembly, in fact, many people seem to know and don't know. What kind of person it is, what kind of politician it is.

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Who is he? First of all, I am Ho-jeong Ryu, the proportional representative of the Justice Party. I was born in 92. Before politics, I was a very ordinary person. Should I shorten my introduction?

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Because many people will be curious.

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: I grew up after hearing the words'Study well, go to a good college, get a job, and live like that'. I lived that way, really. As I lived like that, after getting a job, I felt a little bit like,'Social irrationality is more serious than I thought.' Since then, I have entered politics.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Is Changwon, Gyeongnam your hometown?

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes, it is.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: And after leaving Ewha Womans University, he got a job at a game company, and as you said before, what kind of.

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes, I witnessed some problems such as long working hours or employment insecurity. I thought,'If you talk to yourself, only that individual in the organization becomes a weird person, but it's difficult to make a difference.' So, after that, I wanted to create a union. After that, he worked as a full-time worker in the chemical fiber food union, a senior organization under the KCTU.

▷ Joo Young-jin / Anchor: Director of Public Relations.

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Representative Jeong Eui-dang: Yes, while working as the head of the public relations department, I said,'I thought that if I create a labor union, everything would be solved, but this is not even that. There are still so many places where there are no unions, and when there are occasional meetings in front of the National Assembly, is this voice going beyond this wall and entering the National Assembly?' I also wanted to. 'If so, wouldn't I be able to try it myself?' I thought.


▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: How many years have you been in the Justice Party?

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: I joined the office at the end of 17 years.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Late 2017. You joined the Justice Party in less than three years, so you became a member of the National Assembly.

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Have you ever thought about'I will be number 1'when selecting a proportional representative candidate?

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Counselor of Justice Party: Because it is a challenge, of course, I aimed to be number 1, but the reason I was able to become number 1 was because the Justice Party's youth allocation policy was there.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Youth?

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Because there was a youth allocation policy.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Youth allocation policy?

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: I was able to become the No. 1 proportional representative by winning first among the youth.

▷ Joo Young-jin/anchor: When being justified, it is often symbolized as Shim Sang-jung and late Rep. Noh Hoe-chan. Today, however, there was an announcement of the Justice Party's innovation proposal, and the scene seemed a little noisy.

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes. But I think,'Progressive parties should always be noisy'. That's what we're talking about and it also means that various opinions are being expressed, so I think louder than silence is like a progressive party.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: What was the first bill that was introduced by Rep. Ho-jung Ryu as a member of the National Assembly?

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Representative Justice Party: In order to revise rape crimes as bill 1 yesterday, a revised bill of the criminal law was proposed to strengthen the punishment of sex crimes.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Amendment to the Criminal Law. This is likely to be a lot of news, but the court ruling that is currently rape in Korea and the provisions of the criminal law. Rape means'must be accompanied by violence. They made it irresistible and sexually assaulted.” This is called rape. Are you expanding the scope and scope of this rape crime?

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes. If you look at the current rape crime composition requirements, assault and threats are the requirements. However, even this assault and intimidation only admitted cases where resistance was not possible, so existing victims were not protected. So, amendments were proposed to supplement this part a little.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: How do you supplement it?

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: First of all, it is Chapter 32. The title of the chapter was changed from'The Sin of Rape and Harassment' to'The Sin of Sexual Violation'.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Change the title to the crime of sexual infringement.

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Right. Changed the title and changed the term adultery to sexual intercourse. In addition, for the part to be protected, the composition requirements were categorized into three types:'without consent', and one was categorized into'assault threats and hierarchies, power', and'state of loss of mind and body'.

In the case of hierarchies and power, it is currently'adultery caused by the power of work'. If you think about it, it's a bit difficult to get recognized as a job in the sports world, sports, culture, and special employment. Well, despite the fact that there are many hierarchies and powers that actually work between religious people and believers, when we spend our daily lives, they are limited, so this part was also revised.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: When it comes to hierarchies and power, I also think of the former Chungnam branch of Ahn Hee-jung.

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: But the most noticeable thing is disagreement. I think it can be said to be immovable, but let's clearly stipulate this in the criminal law,'sex relations without consent is rape'. In this way, if the criminal law changes, it seems that the legal perception itself of certain sexual crimes in Korea will change dramatically.

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes. Recently, I think that the perception of sexual violence crimes has changed a lot through Telegram Room n, the Me Too Movement, and the Jang Hak-seon incident (Go Jang Ja-yeon, Kim Hak-eui, Burning Sun incident). I think the law should be changed in line with the public perception.


▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Why did I think I should make this bill the first bill? There must have been many other bills. Well, since you were in a game company, there must be bills related to your union, labor movement, and other laws for the development of the game industry. There seems to be one reason.

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: First of all, when I was in the primary, I made a commitment to systematize the abolition of the comprehensive wage system. In the case of'non-consent rape', it is one of the 5 major legislative tasks of the Justice Party. Adultery due to the power of work and thinking that he should play the role of proportional representative. So, in the case of work force or sexual violence in the workplace, this part is not irrelevant to labor. It's about women workers. I think we need to make sure that sexual harassment and harassment are no longer called the realm of social life so that we can work safely on the street and at work while living our daily lives.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: And I asked you to change all the legal expressions of adultery into sexual intercourse. Was this also a reason for'there are three female adulterers'? What kind of feminist expression did you see like this?

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Right. It's also a misogynistic expression. When you look at the meaning of adultery, it means'the married person has sex with someone other than the spouse'. The negative meaning was erased and changed to sexual intercourse. And in addition to any direct insertion into sexual intercourse, I changed the word a little to include similar rape and similar sexual activity using tools.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Anyway, if the amendment to the Criminal Law containing this'non-consent rape' passes through the National Assembly, I think there will be a very big change that will change not only our investigative agencies but also the basic court cases. Have many of you signed up to initiate the bill?

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Representative Justice Party: A total of 13 people signed the motion.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: If 10 people agree, is it possible to propose?

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Representative Jeong Eui-dang: Yes.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Did other party members participate together?

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Counselor of Justice Party: Yes, Democratic Party member also participated, and Nationalist Party member also participated.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Kim Sang-hee, Vice Chairman.

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes, you are the first female vice-chairman. Vice Chairman Kim Sang-hee participated, and Rep. Chung Chun-sook, chairman of the Leisure Committee, also participated.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Democratic party lawmakers also attended. Have you ever visited and told you something else?

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: I went through the process of meeting in person, explaining the bill, and persuading.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Rep. Ryu Ho-jeong may have been personally uncomfortable recently, but because of the clothes he wore to the main conference hall. It was one piece, one piece. So many articles have come out because of that. Maybe personally, this is exactly the story? Why did it? In my opinion, One Piece was one of the reporters calling and asking questions even though I went to the flood damage site support activities.

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: In fact, I wore it without knowing that it would be controversial. Because I was wearing it a little lightly even in usual. I wanted to break some of the conventions of the National Assembly. But again, whether it is positive or negative, it gave me opportunities to talk about policies again. So I want to think positively.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: The controversy opened up an opportunity to talk about policy rather than the trigger? Reporters are more interested in this.

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Jeongui-dang lawmaker: Yes, they asked me another question about what the Justice Party is doing and what a member of the National Assembly named Ryu Ho-jeong does.


▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: I noticed that among the posts that Congressman Ryu Ho-jeong posted at that time. Have you ever posted a post to the effect of'I want you to pay a little attention not only to my clothes and clothes, but also to my work?

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes, I think you answered that.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: When you enter the main assembly hall of the National Assembly, then you will not dress like that in the future. Or in the future, I will wear it again according to my thoughts and according to the circumstances of the day.

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: I want to wear it depending on the situation. But now, I hope that the clothes are no longer controversial. I hope that I can reach more people through legislative and legislative activities.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: At that time, one of the former lawmakers said that. I also told Joo Young-jin's news briefing,'I wanted to go to the main conference hall with a backpack in a comfortable outfit with sneakers, but I couldn't do that, but I think I can do it after seeing Rep. Ho-jung Ryu.' I wonder if it would be okay for lawmakers to go to the plenary session and go to the standing committee like that, but in fact, what was the reaction of senior lawmakers, fellow politicians and colleagues in the Justice Party?

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Actually, I wasn't interested in the main hall. Because I usually wear jeans, etc. So there were some people who said, "I want to wear casual clothes too." At that time, "Then, how about removing the tie once?" Well, it was enough to exchange jokes like this.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: I can understand that'I hope it is not such a world where clothes become controversial anymore', right?

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes, I want to approach it as a work.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: As work. Then, you talked a lot about the amendment to the Criminal Code today. What other laws and policies are you preparing next?

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: First of all, regarding the system to abolish the comprehensive wage system that I mentioned earlier, we are preparing a meeting to hear the voices of people working in the field. Recruitment irregularities are also a lot of problems these days, but we are also listening to opinions and preparing legislation.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: And actually, it's already been past, but there was one thing that was controversial when it was selected as the proportional representative candidate No. 1. The controversy that'I played a substitute game in my youth', this is actually unknown to older people. 'What is this game?' 'What is a surrogate game?' 'Why does that matter?' But anyway, there is a problem in young people who know games well, so I remember that I apologized once at that time.

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Yes, it is.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Since you came out again today, please tell us how the controversy at that time, the apology, and how this helped politician Ryu Ho-jeong to mature again.

▶ Ho-jung Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Then, I need to explain. It was a game esports club when I was working as a university club. At the time I was doing it, someone else raised my account score, and this is wrong in esports. So I apologized at the time and resigned from the club president. And since I became a politician, it became a problem once more, and I still say that I am still sorry because I think I was wrong in that part. I think we have to do a lot for the game industry.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Rather, the burden.

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: I think we have to make a lot of accomplishments in order to sincerely apologize.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: I am the 21st member of the National Assembly, but will I be able to see the figure of Ryu Ho-jung, who is still in his 22nd generation? Have you never thought about challenging your district?

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman of Justice Party: Since Justice Party always wishes to break through the region, I, as a proportional representative, will also take on challenges.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Joo Young-jin's news briefing viewers,'Justice party lawmaker Ryu Ho-jeong will definitely promise this.' Please tell me once so that I can look back in 4 years.

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Where to look. Can I look here and talk?

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: Yes.

▶ Ryu Ho-jeong/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: I would like to be remembered as the person who was there when I needed it 4 years later. I think we should be by the side of people who do not have more power, the socially weak and the common people. I will work hard so that I can be recognized 4 years later. Please watch.

▷ Joo Young-jin/Anchor: He is the youngest member of the 21st National Assembly. It was a very pleasant interview with 29-year-old Ryu Ho-jeong, a Justice Party lawmaker. I heard you well.

▶ Ho-jeong Ryu/Chairman Jeong Eui-dang: Thank you

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(SBS New Media Department)