'National MC' Song Hae's Funeral on the 10th... Song Haegil and KBS Visit Daegu Burial Site

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seo Mideum] The funeral ceremony for national MC Song Hae (real name Song Bok-hee, 95) will be held on the 10th.

The funeral committee announced on the 9th that the funeral ceremony will take place for 30 minutes starting at 4:30 a.m. on the 10th in front of Funeral Hall No. 2 at Seoul National University Hospital in Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Comedian Kim Hak-rae will host the funeral ceremony. The eulogy will be delivered by Eom Young-soo, chairman of the Broadcasting Comedians Association, and the memorial address will be given by comedian Lee Yong-sik. Following the eulogy, incense offering and flower tribute will be held, and the departure ceremony will be conducted at 5 a.m.

The hearse will stop by Song Hae’s personal office, the gukbap restaurant, barbershop, and sauna he frequently visited during his lifetime located in Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, known as "Songhae-gil," and then proceed to the KBS main building in Yeouido. At KBS, the band that performed together on "National Singing Contest" will play music to bid farewell to Song Hae on his final journey.

The late Song Hae’s remains will be interred beside his wife Seok Ok-yi at Songhae Park in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, which he regarded as his "second hometown." His original hometown is Jaeryeong, Hwanghae Province, North Korea.

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