President Yoon Seok-yeol Attends Father’s Funeral and Will Attend Korea-US-Japan Summit

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Yoon Ki-joong, professor emeritus at Yonsei University, the father of President Seok-yeol Yoon, passed away today.

The President’s office announced that President Yoon will attend the Korea-US-Japan summit as scheduled on Saturday after paying his father’s funeral as a family leader for three days.

Reporter Kim Min-chan covered the story.

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President Yoon Seok-yeol headed to the hospital after the Liberation Day ceremony this morning.

I watched the last appearance of my father Yoon Ki-joong, an emeritus professor at Yonsei University, who was hospitalized for old age.

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″President Yoon Seok-yeol decided to hold the funeral as a family funeral so that there would be no vacuum in state affairs, and the harmony and condolences are widely requested for understanding.″

Professor Yoon, who worked in the Department of Applied Statistics at Yonsei University, is said to have been the ″first mentor″ and mental support for President Yoon.

It is known that his father’s advice and support played a big role until President Yoon went to law school, worked as a prosecutor, and entered politics.

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″Yonsei’s correction has a special meaning to me as well. I did vacation homework and did math problems in my father’s lab.″

The relationship between father and son was so special that Japanese media introduced a visit to Japan as a scholarship student by the Ministry of Education in search of his father, who was studying abroad.

Before the political declaration last year, I came out to the voting booth to support my father…

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″As you can see, my father doesn’t have the same energy as before… ″

After taking office, after the Yongsan presidential office was set up, I invited my father to eat together.

A condolence procession followed at the funeral home prepared this afternoon.

Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties as well as government figures such as Prime Minister Han Deok-soo were also present.

Former President Moon Jae-in also conveyed condolences and consolation through Chief of Staff Kim Dae-gi.

President Yoon plans to depart for the United States on the 17th, when the three-day market ends, and attend the Korea-US-Japan Summit as scheduled.

This is MBC News Kim Min-chan.

Video coverage: Kim Doo-young · Kang Jong-soo / Video editing: Kim Ha-eun

2023-08-15 11:20:34
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