<b>Youth activist who personally wrote lyrics and composed songs for Ddapbak Band runs for the June 3 local elections</b>
The Labor Party officially registered 21-year-old youth activist Lim So-hee as a proportional representative candidate for the Jeonju City Council in the June 3 local elections on May 14 at the Jeonju Wanju-gu Election Commission. The electoral district covers the entire Jeonju City area, and only the party name is listed on the ballot for proportional representation voting.
Candidate Lim So-hee is known for gifting a song she personally wrote and composed for Ddapbak Band, a band consisting of individuals with developmental disabilities, making her a young activist who first made a name for herself in the field of disability rights.
<b>Politics that started with a single picket</b>
Lim, the candidate, stated, "My awakening to politics was not from grand ideologies but from a single picket." Her experience of holding a picket alongside her sister at a press conference held at the National Assembly during her middle school years was the starting point. Through participating in rallies for the impeachment of Yoon Suk-yeol, she directly felt the power of collective action and concluded that "instead of facing challenges alone, one must fight together with like-minded individuals within an organization," which led her to choose the Labor Party.
Lim, who is also a webtoon platform worker, witnessed the reality of AI-produced webtoons being launched and directly felt the labor rights issues in the AI era. She speaks up for the concerns of the younger generation, stating, "I have seen many friends worrying about what kind of work they can do."
<b>Promises with disabled and care workers</b>
The Labor Party of candidate Lim advocates for "public care that protects a dignified life, not just support" as its core principle and presents the following promises:
The party argues that social service centers should be expanded from metropolitan to basic local governments and that public care centers should be established in every town and neighborhood to provide care services directly to residents. They propose enacting or amending an integrated care ordinance that encompasses infants, children, adolescents, the elderly, and people with disabilities to create a comprehensive public care system covering the entire life cycle. The plan also includes gradually nationalizing private care service agencies and integrating them into public care centers. They pledge to establish care worker ordinances that guarantee labor rights and living wages by transitioning care workers currently employed by private institutions to be directly employed by local governments.
Furthermore, they aim to move away from a structure where local governments unilaterally decide the operation of local care services and instead establish a participatory decision-making system involving local governments, service users, care workers, and civil society to realize democratic care operations.
These promises are based on the seriousness of the current care reality in Korea, where as of 2019, only 11.6% of the 37,371 kindergartens are public, and the public proportion of the 24,953 long-term care facilities for the elderly is a mere 1%. Out of 1.1 million social service workers, only 2,305 are employed by social service centers.
Additionally, the Labor Party plans to expand and develop health care centers and integrated care centers into "health care centers" at the town and district levels in Jeonju and Wanju, and introduce a medical-care integration system that includes mental health and caregiving.
<b>"Community economy starting from the local level"</b>
As the core of her legislative activities, candidate Lim proposed the enactment of an ordinance for AI labor rights protection and the integration of local community economy in Jeonju City. She put forward concrete tasks such as establishing a committee to prevent labor surveillance and discrimination due to AI introduction and supporting individual labor production and distribution through local cooperative platforms.
She aims to spread the model of local community economy where individual freelance workers participate, similar to the case of local food in Jeonju and Wanju, throughout Jeonju. Her belief is that "technology should not be the monopoly of capital but should become a common asset of citizens."
<b>21-year-old candidate in solidarity with disabled individuals</b>
Just as in the experience of gifting a song she composed to Ddapbak Band, for candidate Lim, disability rights issues are not just slogans but areas of practical action. The tasks she has highlighted in the Labor Party's promises, such as the integrated care system including people with disabilities, direct employment of care workers, and democratic operation of local care, are challenges she has committed to organizing and realizing.
Candidate Lim stated, "Labor involving human bodies, senses, relationships, and trust, such as food, care, education, and counseling, cannot be easily replaced," emphasizing that "in an era of technological change, the value of human labor should be more delicately evaluated."
In the June 3 local elections, the proportional representative election for basic councils is conducted by listing only the party name on the ballot, not the candidate's name. Proportional representative seats are allocated based on the vote share each party receives, and Lim So-hee is registered as the Labor Party's proportional representative candidate.
📝 Brief Summary:
Youth activist Lim So-hee, known for composing songs for a band of individuals with disabilities, is running for the June 3 local elections as a proportional representative candidate for the Jeonju City Council. She advocates for disability rights, labor rights, and the establishment of a comprehensive public care system.
🗣️ Natural Korean Translation:
장애인 밴드를 위한 노래를 작사하고 작곡한 청년 활동가임소희가 전주시의회 비례대표 후보로 6월 3일 지방선거에 출마했습니다. 그녀는 장애인의 권리, 노동권, 그리고 포괄적인 공공 보호 시스템 구축을 옹호합니다.
❓ Comprehension Questions:
1. What is Lim So-hee known for in the field of activism?
임소희는 어떤 분야에서 유명한가요?
2. What personal experience led Lim to choose the Labor Party?
임소희를 노동당을 선택하도록 이끈 개인적인 경험은 무엇인가요?
3. What are some of the core principles and promises of the Labor Party that Lim supports?
임소희가 지지하는 노동당의 주요 원칙과 약속은 무엇인가요?
💡 Vocabulary Learning:
1. proportional (비례대표)
- corresponding in size or amount to something else
- 어떤 것에 대응하여 크기나 양이 비례하는
- The proportional representation system ensures fair representation for all parties.
- 비례대표제는 모든 정당에 공평한 대표권을 보장합니다.
2. activist (활동가)
- a person who campaigns for social or political change
- 사회적이나 정치적 변화를 위해 캠페인하는 사람
- The activist organized a protest to raise awareness about climate change.
- 그 활동가는 기후 변화에 대한 인식을 높이기 위해 시위를 조직했습니다.
3. disability (장애)
- a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities
- 사람의 움직임, 감각 또는 활동을 제한하는 신체적 또는 정신적 상태
- The organization provides support for people with disabilities to access education.
- 그 단체는 장애인들이 교육에 접근할 수 있도록 지원합니다.
4. labor rights (노동권)
- rights related to working conditions, wages, and benefits for workers
- 근로자의 근로 조건, 임금 및 혜택과 관련된 권리
- The union fights for fair labor rights for all employees.
- 그 노조는 모든 종업원들에게 공정한 노동권을 위해 싸웁니다.
5. comprehensive (포괄적인)
- complete and including everything that is necessary
- 필요한 모든 것을 포함하고 완전한
- The comprehensive healthcare plan covers various medical services for all citizens.
- 그 포괄적인 의료 계획은 모든 시민을 위한 다양한 의료 서비스를 포함합니다.
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