Major Foreign Dignitaries Including Wang Qishan of China, Former Japanese PM Hatoyama, and Lee Min-jin Attend Yoon's Inauguration Ceremony

On the 6th, four days before the inauguration of the 20th president, workers preparing for the inauguration are setting up chairs for guests on the National Assembly lawn./Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Former and current high-level dignitaries, including Wang Qishan, Vice President of China, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and Douglas Emhoff, the "Second Gentleman" and husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, will attend the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol as foreign guests.

According to the Presidential Inauguration Preparation Committee (PIPC) on the 6th, the 20th presidential inauguration ceremony to be held on the 10th will be attended by Vice President Wang Qishan, former Prime Minister Hatoyama, President Halimah Yacob of Singapore, President Faustin-Archange Touad?ra of the Central African Republic, and former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, among others.

U.S. dignitaries expected to attend include Emhoff, husband of Vice President Harris, Labor Secretary Martin Walsh, Representatives Ami Bera and Marilyn Strickland, Deputy Attorney General Todd Kim, Linda Sim, Special Advisor to the President on Personnel, and author Min Jin Lee of the novel "Pachinko." In addition, about 300 foreign guests, including 143 foreign diplomats stationed in Korea, will attend the inauguration. Japan plans to send cabinet-level officials. For the first time since the establishment of the Republic of Korea, three North Korean defectors who were former prisoners of war have been invited to the ceremony. These three veterans were captured by North Korean People's Army during the Korean War, forcibly detained and made to perform labor, and returned to their homeland after half a century, and are being honored.

The inauguration ceremony, beginning with the entrance of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol and his spouse, will be hosted by Kim Min-jae, Administrative Officer of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. They are expected to ascend the stage together with 20 representatives of the people's hopes. The PIPC explained, "To signify moving forward together with the people, we plan to be with those who have quietly brightened Korea in their respective positions," adding, "This inauguration reflects the dreams of children, youth, and the vulnerable in the cast, program, and stage design."

On the day of the inauguration, the PIPC plans to alleviate inconvenience caused by nearby traffic control by adjusting the intervals of subway lines 5 and 9, preparing special reserve trains, and operating shuttle buses connecting subway stations.

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