After completing a 4-night, 6-day state visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, President Yoon Seok-yeol and First Lady Kim Kun-hee returned to Korea via Seoul Airport in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do on the morning of the 26th and are heading by car. yunhap news
President Yoon Seok-yeol decided not to attend the citizens’ memorial rally held at Seoul Plaza on the 29th to mark the first anniversary of the Itaewon disaster. An official from the President’s Office told the Hankyoreh on the 26th, “After receiving the invitation from the bereaved family, the President’s Office discussed it internally, but the day before, news broke that it would be held as an event co-hosted by the Democratic Party of Korea and hosted by the four opposition parties. “It has been confirmed that it was a political rally and not a memorial service,” he said. It has not been decided whether the President’s staff will attend. It is being discussed whether President Yoon will issue a related message ahead of the first anniversary of the Itaewon disaster. In the ruling party, only People Power Party Policy Committee Chairman Yoo Yu-dong expressed his intention to attend. Previously, on the 18th, 10 days before the first anniversary of the Itaewon disaster, the bereaved families invited President Yoon to the first anniversary memorial service, demanding the enactment of a ‘special law to uncover the truth of the Itaewon disaster’. Hong Ik-pyo, floor leader of the Democratic Party, also publicly proposed to the government and ruling party at the Supreme Committee of the National Assembly on the 25th that they attend a citizen memorial service commemorating the first anniversary of the Itaewon disaster, saying, “If President Yoon, the government, and the ruling party also attend, it will be an opportunity to change the tone of state affairs.” . Reporter Kim Mina mina@hani.co.kr
2023-10-26 00:21:59
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