Jun-Koo Lee Emeritus Professor of Economics, Seoul National University. Facebook’Lee Jun-gu’
“Why is the 75-year-old foreign minister sad?”
This is the title of an article posted on his homepage on the 20th by Junkoo Lee (72) Emeritus Professor of Economics at Seoul National University. Lee Jae-woong, the former CEO of Soka, who founded the portal Daum, said, “70-year-old Prime Minister (Sae-gyun Jeong), 70-year-old President of the Presidential Secretary Office (Yoo Young-min), and 75-year-old Minister of Foreign Affairs (Jeong Eui-yong)” through Facebook. When he expressed concern about the aging of the public office, he questioned it. Professor Lee said, “It’s really ridiculous to think that it’s pathetic to assume that you’re a 75-year-old minister in the same age of 100 these days.”
Previously, CEO Lee argued, “Why is diversity retreating and aging is accelerating?” and “I don’t know where it is wrong, but I hope young people can have more opportunities.” On this day, President Moon appointed former head of the National Security Office Eui-yong Eui-yong as a candidate for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Regarding this, Professor Lee said, “To be honest, I’m over 70, but I’m still confident in my mental abilities,” he said.
He added, “I want to ask you what President Kim Dae-jung does and what Biden thinks of the new US president?” Former President Kim Dae-jung was elected president in 1997 at the age of 73. Joe Biden, who took office as president on the 20th (local time), is 79 years old this year, rewriting the oldest presidential record in the United States.
About 10 comments were posted on Professor Lee’s post. “There is a prejudice in this society that the younger the more competent and creative. Youth is not achieved through hard work,” Professor Lee said, “it is clear that young people are better at writing computer programs. “Is it so even in making a decision?”
On the 21st, “There are people who are accumulating wisdom as they age, but there are people who are stubborn. If it is the former, you will think that age is not a problem, and if you fall into the latter, you will think that it is a problem.” I think I know why the former CEO) thought that way.”
In response, Professor Lee replied, “There are people who are progressive even when they are old, but there are people who have fallen out of shape even when they are young. He also added, “Nevertheless, it makes no sense to drive it in the way that there is a problem with the line just because he is old.”
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