Prime Minister Han Seong-sook emphasized focusing on improving people's livelihoods, including housing stability, jobs, and low-income finance in her speech on National Foundation Day.

Celebration of National Foundation Day... “Focus on improving people’s livelihoods, including housing stability, jobs, and finance for the common people.”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Yoon-gi = Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said on the 3rd, National Foundation Day, "We must take the lead in expanding the scope of empathy and solidarity with the power of high culture and joining hands by sharing each other's experiences, technology, and cultural capabilities in front of the common challenges facing humanity."

Prime Minister Han said this in his congratulatory speech at the National Foundation Day celebration ceremony held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Jongno-gu, Seoul this morning, saying, "That is the way to put into practice in today's times the spirit of 'Hongik Ingan Rebirth' that has been passed down in our history and culture for a long time."

Prime Minister Han said, “The world is now standing in the midst of the fastest and most extensive change in history,” and promised, “The people’s sovereignty government will step by step realize an ‘artificial intelligence (AI) basic society’ and ensure that this change becomes a force that benefits everyone without alienating anyone.”

He also added, "We will focus more on improving people's livelihoods, such as housing stability, jobs, and low-income finance so that the people can feel the fruits of this in their lives. We will continue this vision and values ​​to the wider world through the power of culture."

Attending the celebration were firefighter Park Gyeong-soo, who rescued a neighbor in Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do, where damage was caused by torrential rain, and nurse Jeong Eun-ah, who saved a citizen who collapsed from cardiac arrest.

Prime Minister Han called them by name and expressed his gratitude as “righteous people who personally put into practice the spirit of Hongik Ingan.”