Olympic Park Saves the Country in 2030

Directed by Lee Young-don (이영돈)

142min | Release date in South Korea: 2026/09/09

Synopsis
On June 3, 2026, a ballot shortage occurred at Polling Station No. 2 in Jamsil 7-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. Voters did not turn away. That night, a single sentence appeared on a thread. "I am leaving for Songpa now." It received 20,000 likes. This single sentence redrew the map of Korean society.

As the police moved to forcibly disperse the crowd, ballot boxes were transported to the Olympic Park Handball Stadium, and a blockade began. The next day, over 60,000 young people gathered (police estimate: 33,300; 38,700 the day after). Among them, those in their 20s accounted for 34.2 percent and those in their 30s for 24.1 percent—the combined total of the two generations was 58.3 percent.

However, their actual support rate for Lee Jae-myung stood at only 36 percent for those in their 20s and 47 percent for those in their 30s. Falling far short of the 60 percent range seen among those in their 40s and 50s, they were the generation most indifferent to the government. This contradiction serves as the starting point of this documentary.

The youth's election revolution at Olympic Park extended beyond the local community of the park itself, exerting a significant influence on the political sphere. In particular, the special investigation into the National Election Commission is the result of the 2030 generation's outcry for "election fraud, re-elections, and manual recounting of ballots on election day." The Olympic Park Revolution, which served as a catalyst for changes in South Korea's electoral system, provided in-depth coverage of the various changes that originated there. How is the 2030 generation of Olympic Park transforming South Korea? The film faithfully fulfilled this on-site task.

Director Lee Young-don documented the "blockade square" stretching from Jamsil 7-dong to Olympic Park for 30 days, from June 3 to July 2. There were no organizers, no representatives, no flags; only individuals existed; only the right to vote existed; and only the verb "to protect" existed. What they protected was not the regime, but the country; not politics, but the right to vote; not Lee Jae-myung, but the Republic of Korea. This is the June 3rd election revolution, and it is the time of the Social Citizen.