Democratic Party's Jeong Mincheol Announces Supreme Council Bid: "Supporting Lee Administration's Success by Winning the Culture War"

Digital Strategy Office to Be Upgraded to Bureau Level
Pledges Permanent Party-Level PR Coalition
"We Will Reclaim the 2030 Generation Lost to the Far-Right Worldview"

Jeong Mincheol, a political influencer in his 20s and Deputy Chair of the Policy Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, announced his candidacy for the August 17 National Party Member Convention (National Convention) on July 7, stating, "The Lee Jaemyung administration can only succeed if we win the culture war."

At a press conference held at the National Assembly communication office on this day, Deputy Chair Jeong said, "Since the launch of the Lee Jaemyung administration, our democratic camp has not won the culture war even once," emphasizing his resolve.

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Donghae Lee = Jeong Mincheol, Deputy Chair of the Policy Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, is holding a press conference announcing his candidacy for the party's Supreme Council member at the National Assembly communication office on July 7, 2026.

He stated, "We lost the Seoul mayoral election on June 3. On June 4, the National Election Commission scandal erupted, and 'fraud protestors' appeared in Jamsil. I fought while sleeping only three to four hours a day, and within six days, the number of views surged to 50 million."

Deputy Chair Jeong also said, "It was me who brought to light the story of underage national handball players who, blocked by protestors, were demanded to take off their bags and even their socks. This incident made ordinary young people realize that they should never go there."

He continued, "Oh Sehoon was not simply elected by chance. He won by bringing a young far-right content army into his camp." He added, "What politics needs to do now is not to argue about genealogy or cling to relics of the past. It is to establish a new institutional order suitable for a new era."

Deputy Chair Jeong pointed out that while President Lee Jaemyung is aware of the problems and is preparing for the new era, "the Democratic Party is still mired in outdated internal conflicts," insisting, "The Democratic Party must move forward aggressively."

He further pledged that if elected as Supreme Council member, he would elevate the party's digital strategy office to a full-fledged bureau and entrust its operation to practical experts. He also promised to integrate the party's public relations department, the PR aides of each assembly member's office, and others into a permanent party-level PR coalition called 'Blue Wave.'

He went on to say, "I will unite all the scattered hands into a single unit. Through daily online public opinion reports, weekly regular meetings, and monthly workshops, I will ensure the entire party starts each morning looking at the same map and fighting together."

Deputy Chair Jeong declared, "The only way for the Democratic Party to win is to reclaim the youth who have been lost to the far-right worldview and to prepare for the new era of great upheaval ahead. I, Jeong Mincheol, will stand at the very front of a winning Democratic Party."

Born in 2001, Jeong Mincheol is currently active as a political influencer. He has served as a secretary in a National Assembly member's office and as a member of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation's Online Hate Response Task Force. He is also the author of the book "1020 Far-right Is Coming."

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party is currently discussing the introduction of an elected youth Supreme Council member system through the National Convention Preparation Committee.

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