Major Foreign Dignitaries Including Wang Qishan and Hatoyama Attend Yoon's Inauguration Ceremony (Comprehensive)

Invited Guests Include 10 Business Leaders Including Heads of 5 Economic Organizations
Author Min Jin Lee of the Novel 'Pachinko' Also Attends

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-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jung] 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, former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, among others.

Business leaders, including heads of the five major economic organizations, will also be invited to President Yoon Suk-yeol’s inauguration ceremony on the 10th. Park Joo-sun, chairman of the Presidential Inauguration Preparation Committee, stated at a briefing at the Presidential Transition Committee office in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, "Basically, we plan to invite the heads of the five major economic organizations and other businesspeople to the inauguration ceremony." Regarding the scale of business invitations, Chairman Park said, "About ten people are expected."

It is expected that Chey Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Huh Chang-soo, chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries; Sohn Kyung-shik, chairman of the Korea Employers Federation; Koo Ja-yeol, chairman of the Korea International Trade Association; Kim Ki-moon, chairman of the Korea Federation of SMEs; and Choi Jin-sik, chairman of the Korea Association of Mid-sized Enterprises will be invited to the inauguration ceremony.

Among the U.S. guests are Emhoff, husband of Vice President Harris; Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor; Ami Bera, member of the House of Representatives; Marilyn Strickland, member of the House of Representatives; Todd Kim, Deputy Attorney General; Linda Sim, special advisor to the president on personnel affairs; and Min Jin Lee, author of the novel "Pachinko." In addition, about 300 foreign guests, including 143 foreign diplomatic envoys in Korea, will attend the inauguration ceremony. Japan is expected to send ministerial-level officials. For the first time since the establishment of the Republic of Korea, three North Korean defectors who were former prisoners of war in the South Korean military have also been invited to the inauguration ceremony. These three veterans were captured by the North Korean People's Army during the Korean War, forcibly detained and made to perform labor, and have returned to their homeland after half a century, receiving due honor.

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. When stepping onto the stage, they will be accompanied by 20 representatives of the people's hopes. The PIPC explained, "To signify moving forward together with the people, the ceremony will include those who have quietly illuminated Korea from their respective positions," adding, "This inauguration ceremony reflects the dreams of children, youth, and the vulnerable in its performers, programs, and stage design."

On the day of the inauguration, the PIPC plans to implement public transportation measures to alleviate inconvenience caused by nearby traffic control, including adjusting the intervals of subway lines 5 and 9, preparing special trains as backups, and operating shuttle buses linked to subway stations.

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