'Armed Forces Day' Likely to Be Designated as a Temporary Holiday... Cabinet Meeting Decision Today

by Jang Heejun

Published 03 Sep.2024 08:48(KST)

Yoon Expected to Approve Immediately Once Passed by the Cabinet Meeting

The government is reported to be planning to approve a proposal to designate the 76th Armed Forces Day (October 1) as a temporary public holiday at the Cabinet meeting.

A senior government official said on the 3rd, "At today's Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, the proposal to designate this year's Armed Forces Day as a temporary public holiday will be submitted, reviewed, and approved," adding, "If the proposal passes the Cabinet meeting, the President is expected to immediately give final approval."

President Yoon Suk-yeol is reviewing the military equipment units at the 75th Armed Forces Day ceremony held last September at Seongnam Seoul Airport. [Image source=Yonhap News]

President Yoon is known to have determined that designating a temporary public holiday is necessary for the purpose of encouraging the military and boosting consumption after reviewing various opinions. Last year, President Yoon also gave final approval on the afternoon of the same day immediately after the Cabinet meeting passed the proposal to designate October 2 as a temporary public holiday.

Earlier, the People Power Party requested the government to designate this year's Armed Forces Day as a temporary public holiday through a high-level party-government consultation meeting on the 25th of last month.