[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the 14th, the United Future Party criticized the government's announcement of the "Korean New Deal," calling it "a deception that merely adds 'Factory,' 'Green,' and 'Smart' to industrial complexes."
Kim Eun-hye, spokesperson for the United Future Party, said in a verbal statement that day, "At a time when less than two years remain in the term, a five-year plan to spend taxpayers' money for show is shameless and irresponsible."
The government announced that it would invest 160 trillion won over five years in the Korean New Deal to create 1.9 million jobs. Spokesperson Kim said, "160 trillion won investment over five years. It's an eye-popping amount," but also pointed out, "If spending money alone could bring about a national transformation, any country would have succeeded long ago."
He criticized, "Looking closely at the grand announcement, although it is said to be a national strategy to overcome the COVID-19 crisis, there is no mention of fully implementing telemedicine, which has become more urgent due to COVID-19 but has only been a pilot project for seven years. There is not a single phrase about how to lead the digital platform industry landscape dominated by GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple), which controls the world with the strongest data."
Spokesperson Kim said, "Digital innovation is all suppressed by regulations while watching labor unions, and they deceive by merely adding fancy adjectives like 'Factory,' 'Green,' and 'Smart' to past industrial complexes," and demanded, "Before recklessly spending money, try thinking about lifting truly important regulations such as the sharing economy and labor flexibility first."
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