South Korean opposition leader: ``If you notice, South Korea is an underdeveloped country''... ``It's because of political ``disappearance''''

Lee Jae-myung, representative of South Korea's opposition Democratic Party, referred to the results of a public opinion poll that showed that national pride had fallen significantly since the beginning of this year, and said, ``If you notice, we are behind the times.''
Some buzzwords such as 'country' have been proven in reality." On the morning of the 25th, Representative Lee posted the above message on Facebook, saying, ``No matter how high GDP (gross domestic product) is, military power is
Even if we live in a certain country, if we are not proud to be citizens of that country, how can we confidently call it a developed country?''
The public opinion poll cited by Lee was conducted by Korea Research and was conducted for four days starting September 22nd among men and women over the age of 18.
It was conducted on 1000 people. In this survey, 58% of respondents answered, ``I am proud to be a Korean citizen.'' This was at the end of the previous Moon Jae-in government.
This is an 18% drop compared to 76% in February 2022. Lee said, ``The pride of our people is rapidly sinking.The people are still the same, but we are still being called a ``model country of democracy that leads the world.''
Where has it disappeared?'' and criticized the government, saying, ``This is the responsibility of politics that has not properly responded to the lives of the people.'' He continued, ``Despite being forced into a difficult situation,
"This is because politics has disappeared due to political disputes instead of people's livelihoods," he said, adding, "I can't raise my head in response to the people's harsh rebuke that politics is failing to give us hope."
He also said, ``If the Democratic Party had been more competent, if it had been more trusted by the people, no matter how incompetent the government was, the people would not have thrown away their pride.''
"Together, the Democratic Party of Japan will protect the pride of the people by restoring people's livelihoods and restoring politics," he said.