“Before we rent, before LH is before speculation”, angry young men heard candles

As the suspicion of land speculation in the new cities of Gwangmyeong and Siheung increased by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), the youth’s anger also ignited. On the 15th, generations of 2030 holding candles and shouting such slogans.

From 6:30 pm on that day, a candlelight vigil was held in front of the LH Seoul headquarters in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. This is the first time that a rally has been held around 2030 after allegations of speculation on land in the third new city were raised by LH employees. The rally was held at the initiative of 2030-centered civic groups such as the Korea Youth Solidarity and Youth. These groups are classified as progressive.

The Youth Solidarity and others heard the voices of young people online from the previous day. Because of Corona 19, only 9 people can attend the rally. They also delivered some of the messages sent online by more than a hundred young people. “I think I’m dying because I’m homeless.”, “I want to buy my house too. The loans were all blocked, but messages such as “What are you doing speculation?” and “You made a world rich when you live badly” were received online.

It is a youth group centered on college students called Youth, an organization that co-hosted the rally. On this day, Ryu Ki-hwan, CEO of Youth Hada, said, “The LH incident is not simply an internal corruption and corruption, but a fundamental real estate problem.”

Kim Sik, the executive representative of the Korean Youth League, said, “Even though we young people try very hard, they feel betrayed in the situation where their efforts are moving around the jeonse.” “As the generation who heard the candlelight a few years ago, I hoped for a fair society, but now the process has completely collapsed. I see.” He added, “The Moon Jae-in government, which was born out of candles, tortured young people with great words such as fairness and justice, and eventually created a thunderbolt with the Real Estate Republic.”

It is analyzed that the anger of the young generation who was self-helping with a new word such as’thunderbolt’ exploded in the wake of the LH crisis. On this day, in Cheongju, Chungbuk, the Cheongju Youth Association held a single-person demonstration in front of the LH Chungbuk Regional Headquarters with a picket with the phrase’LH land speculation full investigation’ written on it. The Cheongju Youth Association held a press conference on the 12th as well, and said, “The speculative behavior of LH employees has peaked in inequality and injustice embedded in society as a whole.”

On the other hand, the Korea University Student Forum also issued a statement that day, saying, “This regime is committed to injustice while insisting on fairness,” and said, “The government has consistently set the policy tone and maintained political life on the grounds of the man,” he said.

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