Shim Sang-jung, Jeonju-seo presidential election campaign... Ahn Cheol-soo visits the birthplace of Park Jeong-hee

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Justice Party candidate Shim Sang-jung begins his campaign in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, and travels through the Honam area for two days.

Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party is aiming for votes in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province by visiting the birthplace of former President Park Chung-hee.

Correspondent Lee Hyun-young.

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Shim Sang-jung, the presidential candidate of the Justice Party, will hold an election campaign under the theme of 'a four-day-a-week welfare state, a working citizen's president' in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, today (15th).

Over the next two days, he will visit the site of the apartment collapse in Hwajeong-dong, Gwangju and the Yeocheon NCC Explosion Accident Response Committee in Yeosu, in turn, emphasizing the strengthening of the severe disaster punishment law.

Earlier, Candidate Shim criticized Yoon Seok-yeol, the People's Power candidate's remarks, referring to the 'Investigation of the Moon Jae-in government's corruption' as "worst remarks."

At the same time, he also asked President Moon Jae-in not to step into the election campaign.

Candidate Shim, who dismissed the possibility of unification with Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung, saying, 'There is no unification in his dictionary,' rather established a relationship with the Democratic Party.

[Sim Sang-jung / Justice Party Presidential Candidate: Above all, this election is an election in which the theory of government judgment following the failure of the candlelight government works strongly.]

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People's Party, starts an official election campaign in Daegu as a citizen greeting on his way to work.

Afterwards, he visits the birthplace of former President Park Chung-hee in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and continues to capture votes in Daegu and Gyeongbuk.

Candidate Ahn stressed yesterday that POSCO should not leave Pohang, and the Seongju Air Force Base refuted Yun Seok-yeol's claim to deploy additional THAAD.

[Ahn Cheol-soo/People's Party Presidential Candidate: Concentrate on developing a Korean-style missile defense system first, and THAAD is the next priority...

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He visited the Seomun Mayor of Daegu and criticized the giant bipartisan parties, saying, "We must defeat the vested powers to create a society where honest people live well."