Lee Jae-myung, "I will be with the people's lives with a heavy sense of responsibility."

Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, emphasized that he would overcome tragedy and hardship and open a new future, saying that he would share the lives of the people in the swamp of despair with a heavy responsibility.

In his New Year's address, Lee said, "We all faced unprecedented darkness last year, and we are having a hard time with the sadness of losing our family and neighbors, and the sadness of losing hope for tomorrow."

He went on to say that the deeper the darkness, the clearer our desire for a new country became, as if we were desperate to paint light.

At the same time, I expected to rise again with the great solidarity and the will of the people shown in the crisis.