Comedian Jang Dong-min attended a capital market meeting presided over by President Lee Jae-myung on the 18th as an individual investor and emphasized the need to improve trust in the government's policies.
That afternoon at the Blue House, at the "meeting for stabilizing and normalizing the capital market," Jang said, "I think I'm here to represent the people," adding, "As one of the people and as an individual investor, I think the realm of trust in what experts or the government say is important."
He went on, "People like me tend to be swayed by fake news," adding, "We often end up watching YouTube alone and thinking 'so that's how it is' about how far we should trust the news and what safety nets exist."
Jang stressed, "I hope that, at the level of the government and experts, the belief that our capital market will move forward in this way becomes stronger," adding, "When the government first said it would open the KOSPI 5000 era, many people were half in doubt. I am also kicking myself with regret."
He added, "I told my wife, 'I think we should watch this for a while,' and I'm getting a lot of blame for it."
That day, Jang sat right next to the president. After the meeting ended, President Lee greeted Jang and shook hands, saying, "I've seen you a lot on TV."
Jang has previously revealed his "day trading" strategy through various broadcasts. In fact, four years ago on an entertainment program, when another participant said of him, "He's addicted to short-term stock trading. He said he raised his return rate to as much as 1,000% through day trading," Jang replied, "Not 1,000%. It's 1,600%."