Kim Dong-yeon, the governor of Gyeonggi Province, officially declared his candidacy for the 21st presidential election, and his autobiography topped the Kyobo Bookstore bestseller list within six days of its pre-sale launch. A former deputy prime minister and minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance under the Moon Jae-in administration, Governor Kim is regarded as a leading economic figure in the progressive camp. As the 'Lee Jae-myung unipolar system' intensifies, he declared his candidacy at Incheon International Airport on the 9th, stating that 'irresponsible tax cuts cannot happen.'
According to Kim Dong-yeon's camp on the 14th, the governor's book 'Beyond anger, Kim Dong-yeon' reached the top spot in the real-time comprehensive bestsellers at Kyobo Bookstore on this day, just six days after its pre-sale began on the 9th. It is unusual for a politician's book to achieve the overall best-seller title in categories outside of politics and society.
'Beyond anger, Kim Dong-yeon' captures the entire journey of Kim Dong-yeon, who lost his father at the age of eleven and moved between an unlicensed shack and a tent house on barren land, to becoming the head of the economy of South Korea. Although filled with anger against the world, he placed weight on transforming that anger and life experiences into the energy needed to change society.
An official from Governor Kim's side stated, 'As interest in Governor Kim, who declared his candidacy for the presidential election, increases, I believe the stories of life contained in the book's introduction and table of contents have sparked readers' curiosity.' They added, 'We gathered everyone's anger to capture in the book the future of South Korea that we will create anew, going beyond the author's stories of Kim Dong-yeon's anger and rebellion.'