[Photo] Lee Jae-myung: "We Will Make Korea a Leading Nation"

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate and governor of Gyeonggi Province, holds a press conference on the 25th at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, announcing his mid-term resignation from the governor position. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate and governor of Gyeonggi Province, holds a press conference on the 25th at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, announcing his mid-term resignation from the governor position. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate and governor of Gyeonggi Province, is responding to a signature request from a public official after concluding a press conference on his mid-term resignation as governor at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on the 25th. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, bows his head on the 25th at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, before holding a press conference to announce his mid-term resignation as governor. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential candidate and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, held a press conference on the 25th at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, announcing his mid-term resignation from the governorship.

In his farewell speech that day, the candidate listed the achievements he had made as governor of Gyeonggi Province and said, "Believing in the love for democracy and community shown by the residents and the power of collective intelligence, I will step down from the governorship and run as the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate in the 20th presidential election." He emphasized, "Just as Gyeonggi Province has become the standard for Korea, I will make Korea the standard for the world."