Presidential Office Pays Respects at Jeju Air Disaster Joint Memorial

President Jang Jin-seok, Chief of Staff, and other officials from the Presidential Office are paying tribute at the joint memorial altar for the victims of the Jeju Air passenger plane, set up in front of the Seoul City Hall main building on the morning of the 31st. Photo by Yonhap News

On the morning of the 31st, aides from the Presidential Office paid their respects at the joint memorial altar for the victims of the Jeju Air disaster set up in front of Seoul City Hall.

This was the first public external schedule for the aides since President Yoon's impeachment motion.

Those attending the memorial included Chief Secretary Jeong Jin-seok, National Security Office Director Shin Won-sik, Policy Office Director Sung Tae-yoon, along with senior secretaries.

The Presidential Office also posted a message on its website expressing "deep condolences and sympathy to those who lost precious lives and to the bereaved families who lost their loved ones."

Since President Yoon Seok-yeol was suspended from duty, the Presidential Office has been assisting the acting authority.

Following the aircraft accident at Muan International Airport in Jeonnam on the 29th, the Presidential Office held an emergency senior meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Jeong Jin-seok and subsequently reported the discussed response measures to Prime Minister and Acting President Choi Sang-mok, who is also the Minister of Economy and Finance.

Jung Jin-seok, Chief of Staff to the President, along with other officials from the Presidential Office, are moving at the joint memorial altar for the victims of the Jeju Air passenger plane, set up in front of the Seoul City Hall main building on the morning of the 31st. Photo by Yonhap News

President Jang Jin-seok's Chief of Staff and other officials from the Presidential Office are paying their respects at the joint memorial altar for the victims of the Jeju Air passenger plane, set up in front of the Seoul City Hall main building on the morning of the 31st. Photo by Yonhap News

Jung Jin-seok, Chief of Staff to the President, along with other officials from the Presidential Office, are paying their respects at the joint memorial altar for the victims of the Jeju Air passenger plane, set up in front of the Seoul City Hall main building on the morning of the 31st. Photo by Yonhap News

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