在6月3日举行的教育监选举中，候选人正通过向学生和家长承诺提供现金及财政支持来展开激烈竞争。
在首尔，现任教育监郑根植承诺将3至5岁儿童的教育费用实质性降为零，并为高年级学生承担通勤和校外活动的费用。其保守派竞争对手尹镐相则承诺通过公私合营基金，覆盖指定补习班40%的学费。
在京畿道，现任教育监林泰熙提出在高考后为每位高三学生提供30万韩元；自由派挑战者安敏锡则提议为每位初一学生提供100万韩元的种子基金。类似的现金承诺也出现在其他地区。
专家指出，候选人目前更侧重于货币化福利，而非讨论学生权益或课程改革。“教育春天”组织的一位官员表示，现金和福利承诺已成为竞选的核心，而非政策的实质内容。
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South Koreans head to polling stations Wednesday to elect local government leaders and council members in the ninth nationwide local elections.
Official campaigning for South Korea's June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections started on Thursday, May 21, with nearly 7,830 candidates competing nationwide. The two-week period runs until June 2 and is seen as an early test for the Lee Jae Myung administration.
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Candidate registration opened Thursday for South Korea's June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections, seen as a key test of public sentiment toward President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office.
President Lee Jae Myung announced on Monday that South Korea will establish a future response fund using extra tax revenue from the AI-driven semiconductor boom to invest in future industries and support younger generations.
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A Seoul district court on Wednesday sentenced Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon to a 10 million-won fine for accepting illegal political funds ahead of the 2021 mayoral by-election.
President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Friday to build a nation where the state shares the responsibility of parents and cares for their well-being in old age. He made the pledge in a Facebook post and at a ceremony in Seoul to mark Parents' Day.
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President Lee Jae Myung is set to unveil large-scale investment plans on Monday for semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers, including a new chip cluster.