President Lee Jae Myung has pledged to make housing, employment and finance the top priorities of his administration for the rest of the year, telling senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae on October 15 that the economy's gains must produce tangible results for every citizen. He said Korea could become the sixth country with a population above 50 million to surpass USD 40,000 in per capita income if current momentum continues, but that people's daily hardships have not improved as much as key indicators suggest. Lee called for more housing supply tailored to each life stage, a national job creation project involving the private and public sectors, and measures such as policy-based funding, interest rate relief and customized debt restructuring to ease the effects of rising interest rates. The remarks came on the 500th day of his "people's sovereignty" administration.
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