President Yoon Sends Wreath to Former President Roh Moo-hyun's 14th Memorial Ceremony

Jinbok Lee, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs, Attends Memorial Ceremony
Expected to Convey Condolences and Comfort Separately to Bereaved Families

President Yoon Suk-yeol plans to send a wreath and pay tribute to the late former President Roh Moo-hyun at the 14th anniversary memorial service to be held on the afternoon of the 23rd in Bongha Village, Gimhae, Gyeongnam.

A presidential office official told Asia Economy on the 22nd, "Lee Jin-bok, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs, will attend the 14th anniversary memorial service for former President Roh," adding, "President Yoon will send a wreath."

President Yoon is expected not to release an official condolence message but to convey his condolences and sympathy separately to the bereaved family through Secretary Lee.

Since his presidential candidacy, President Yoon has expressed respect for former President Roh. In September 2021, during a variety show while he was a presidential candidate, President Yoon sang Lee Seung-chul’s "There Is No One Like That" and recalled, "When I was at the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office in 2009, former President Roh Moo-hyun passed away on May 23. At that time, I sang this song a lot."

In February last year, he visited Gangjeong Village, where the Jeju naval base is located, and said, "In 2007, former President Roh made a painful decision despite much opposition around him. I engrave former President Roh’s anguish and decision in my heart."

On the morning of May 23 last year, during a door-stepping (Q&A on the way to work), President Yoon conveyed a message through Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, calling it "a truly regrettable and tragic event in Korean politics."

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