Yoon: Anti-fake news campaign will firmly protect human rights, democratic politics

Nov 08, 2023, 09:28 am

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President Yoon Suk-yeol greets at a national convention of the Council for the Better Tomorrow Movement in the southeastern city of Daegu on Nov. 7, 2023. / Source: Yonhap News

AsiaToday reporter Hong Sun-mi

“I believe that the anti-fake news campaign will firmly protect our human rights and democratic politics,” President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Tuesday.

His remarks came at a national convention of the Council for the Better Tomorrow Movement held in the southern city of Daegu. “I am aware that the movement is now taking the lead in conducting an anti-fake news campaign,” Yoon said.

This was Yoon’s first visit to Daegu since April, when he attended the 100th anniversary ceremony of Seomun Market, one of the country’s largest traditional markets, and threw out the ceremonial pitch at a baseball game.

According to the presidential office, Yoon is the second president to attend the Better Tomorrow Movement, which was launched in 1989 with the aim of fostering people’s democratic awareness and promoting national harmony. Late ex-President Kim Dae-joong attended the convention in 1999.

“I came back to Daegu in seven months after visiting Seomun Market back in April,” Yoon said. “I feel full of energy to be here,” he said.

The president praised the movement, saying it brought a “warm society and national unity based on the three guiding principles of truth, order and harmony” by aiding people affected by flooding, landslides, forest fire, and other natural hazards.

“The Republic of Koea has achieved remarkable growth, and the international community is paying attention to the country,” Yoon said. “The Better Tomorrow Movement is a movement to raise the quality of life and create a just society by banishing falsehood and corruption through a national consciousness reform movement,” he said.

“Let us create an honest and healthy society by banishing corruption, and maintaining law and order. Let us create a warm society that extends its hand to neighbors in need,” he said.

He also said the government actively supports and roots for the movement’s guiding principles of truth, order, and harmony.

More than 8,000 members and government officials attended the event, including Interior and Safety Vice Minister Ko Ki-dong, People Power Party Chairman Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon, and Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo.

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