Kim Dae-sik, president of Gyeongnam Information University, has announced his candidacy for the 22nd National Assembly election.
On the 9th at 11 a.m., President Kim declared at the Busan City Council that he would run as a preliminary candidate in Sasang-gu, Busan, which was left vacant due to Representative Jang Je-won's withdrawal. In his declaration, Kim Dae-sik began by saying, "I am a 'real' Sasang person who has taught in Sasang for 35 years and raised all three of my children in Sasang."
“While working as a university president in Sasang, I have witnessed the remarkable development of Sasang in recent years and felt proud,” he said. “However, I am saddened by the reality that young people have to leave Busan to find employment, so I have been contemplating the development of Sasang, the place where I have lived my life,” he explained his reason for running.
He emphasized that it is time to devote all his experience as an administrative expert who faithfully served two vice-ministerial positions in previous governments and as an education expert who has taught students for over 30 years.
Kim Dae-sik, President of Gyeongnam Information University, is holding a press conference on the 9th at Busan City Council, announcing his candidacy for the 22nd general election in Saha District.
President Kim continued, “I will take care of the lives of Sasang residents and open the future of Sasang,” and declared, “I will be the person who leads Sasang and Busan without interruption and moves the National Assembly and government forward.”
He stressed his goals for Sasang, including the construction of the 2nd BEXCO to establish Sasang as a western Busan economic city, the building of the ‘Sasang Culture Hall,’ a representative cultural facility of western Busan, and transforming Samnak Ecological Park into a national garden representing South Korea.
President Kim said, “At the age of sixteen, I came to Sasang to make a living by doing manual labor and lived each day with difficulty, but Sasang warmly embraced ‘Boy Kim Dae-sik.’” He added, “For Sasang, which gave me dreams and hope, I will become a National Assembly member who runs with ‘service’ and ‘communication.’”
Kim Dae-sik served as a member of the 17th Presidential Transition Committee, Secretary-General of the National Unification Advisory Council, Vice-Chairman (vice-ministerial level) of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, President of the Yeouido Research Institute, and Vice President for External Cooperation at Dongseo University. He is currently serving as president of Gyeongnam Information University.
He earned a Ph.D. in Literature from Otani University Graduate School in Kyoto, Japan, and a Ph.D. in Japanese Language and Literature from Hanyang University Graduate School. In 2012, he was awarded the Hwangjo Geunjeong Medal.
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