(Profile) Basic Income Advocate Tapped as Gender Equality Minister
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Yong Hye-in (36), a member of the Basic Income Party who was nominated as the candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family on the 30th, is a two-term lawmaker in her 30s and a working mom. Candidate Yong became known in 2014 when she proposed the "Stay Silent" march to mourn the victims of the Sewol Ferry disaster. In 2020, a basic income of 600,000 won per month for the people
Representative Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party has been nominated as the candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family. At 36 years old, Representative Yong is set to become the youngest minister in history and has previously introduced progressive social bills, including the Anti-Discrimination Act and the Civil Partnership Act. With various changes expected across gender equality and family policies, attention is focused on whethe…
On the 30th, the Justice Party criticized President Lee Jae-myung’s nomination of Basic Income Party lawmaker Yong Hye-in as the candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, stating that it “effectively grants a free pass to satellite party politics.” Justice Party leader Yang Kyung-kyu issued a statement on the same day, declaring, “It is inappropriate to appoint a politician who entered the National Assembly twice through a satellite …
(profile) Basic income advocate tapped as gender equality minister
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) -- Yong Hye-in, a two-term lawmaker advocating universal basic income, was named Sunday as the nominee to head the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.As floor leader of the Basic Income Party, Yong, 36, has been a consiste
Member of the Basic Income Party, Yong Hye-in, was selected as a candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family on the 30th. If a candidate Yong, born in 1990, is appointed after a National Assembly personnel hearing, the first “Minister from the 90s” will be born. In a briefing on the day, President Kang Hoon-sik revealed that President Lee Jae-myung nominated candidates for six ministers of ministries, including a candidate for Yong. The…
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