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On the afternoon of the 22nd, a funeral wreath from President Yoon Seok-yeol was placed at the funeral hall of Jang Ki-pyo, director of the New Naming Policy Research Institute, set up at Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
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Jung Jin-seok, Chief of Staff to the President, visited the funeral hall of Jang Gi-pyo, the head of the Newspaper New Policy Research Institute, who passed away on the 24th after battling cancer, to pay his respects.

According to the Presidential Office, Chief Jung visited the funeral hall set up at Seoul National University Hospital in Jongno-gu, Seoul, in the afternoon and conveyed the condolences from President Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife Kim Geon-hee to the bereaved family.

President Yoon expressed his condolences on the 22nd upon Jang's passing, saying, "He was a true role model who protected our era through labor and democratization movements."

It is known that First Lady Kim visited the cancer center where Jang was hospitalized on the 30th of last month.

At that time, Jang told the First Lady, "I will recover quickly and treat the First Lady to a delicious meal," to which she replied, "You must keep that promise."

However, after Jang's passing, it is reported that President Yoon and First Lady Kim were deeply shocked.

During his lifetime, Jang was called the godfather of the underground activist movement.

Starting with the 1971 Seoul National University student conspiracy case, he was imprisoned five times and served nearly ten years in prison. He was also involved in the Kim Dae-jung conspiracy fabrication case and spent 12 years in hiding. He never entered mainstream politics, earning him the title of "eternal underground."

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