安哲秀，一位刚刚崭露头角的政治新人，没有任何政党的支持，却在不到一年的时间里，成为2012年韩国总统选举最有竞争力的候选人之一。更重要的是安哲秀的出现，打破了长期以来保守和进步两派左右韩国政治的格局，韩国社会开始形成超越传统保守与进步政治理念的“第三方势力”。毋庸置疑，无论安哲秀能否在2012年的韩国总统选举中获胜，“安哲秀现象”都将给今后韩国的政治和社会带来不可低估的重要影响，值得关注和分析。
Without support of any political party, Ahn Chul-su, a political newcomer, in less than a year, is becoming one of the most competitive candidates for the 2012 South Korean presidential election. More importantly, the emergence of Ahn Chul-su, breaking the long-standing political pattern that the conservative and progressive parties are the two dominant parties in South Korean politics, began to form a "third force" beyond the traditional conservative and progressive political ideology in Korean society. Beyond any doubt, whether Ahn Chul-su wins in the 2012 South Korean presidential election or not, the significance of "Ahn Chul-su phenomenon" to the future of Korean politics and society cannot be underestimated and is worthy of our attention and analysis.
