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Democratic presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung starts today (12th) the so-called 'Matta Bus Project', which takes a bus and travels around the livelihood sites across the country. The first destination is Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam, and we plan to eat and sleep at local sites and look at the public sentiment.
This is reporter Kang Min-woo.
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Democratic presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung will hold a report on the departure of the 'Matta Bus', which means the weekly public bus, at the National Assembly this morning.
We plan to renovate a 45-seater bus and travel across the country to scan the public sentiment on a bus equipped with a simple studio that can broadcast real-time internet.
The first destination is Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam.
After the departure briefing session, Candidate Lee rides the 'Matta Bus' to visit a traditional market in Ulsan, and holds a meeting to listen to the voices of young people.
Afterwards, they move to Busan, meet citizens at the plaza, and go to see a movie.
This is a strategy to catch the votes of 2030, so-called 'MZ generation'.
Candidate Lee also focused on targeting youth voters at a virtual asset meeting held yesterday, suggesting a one-year postponement of capital gains tax and a significant increase in the deduction limit.
He also took diplomatic steps as a presidential candidate, including meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Crettenbrink and Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming.
Especially,In a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Xing, we recently discussed Korea-China relations, including the issue of disruptions in imports of urea water.
[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate: Last time we had a countermeasure meeting, I made a list (list) and suggested that we prepare for this emergency...
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Ambassador Singh also replied, "It is not aimed at a specific country," and "we will cooperate."