The leaders of the ruling and opposition parties will attend the Memorial Day ceremony at the National Cemetery for the first time since the new government took office on the 6th.
Key figures from both sides will sit face to face at the 70th Memorial Day ceremony held at the National Seoul Cemetery in Dongjak District, Seoul, on the morning of that day.
Park Chan-dae, who is the acting leader and floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Kim Yong-tae, the chairman of the People Power Party's emergency response committee, will attend together. Additionally, Kim Sun-min, the acting leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party, and Seo Wang-jin, the floor leader, along with Cheon Ha-ram, the floor leader and acting party leader of the Reform Party, Lee Joo-young, the policy committee chair, and Kim Jae-yeon, the permanent representative of The Progressive Party, will also participate.
About 4,000 attendees are expected at the Memorial Day ceremony, including national merit recipients, family members, government officials, representatives from various fields, citizens, and students.
At 10 a.m., a tribute siren will sound, and a nationwide moment of silence in participation with all citizens is scheduled.
Following that, the event will proceed with a tribute video, national memorial service, tribute performance, awards of national merit certificates, a commemorative speech, theme performance, and singing of the song of remembrance.
During the national memorial service, the pledge of allegiance to the flag will be read by Sergeant Choi Moon-gil, who is affiliated with the Marine Corps training regiment. Sergeant Choi's great-grandfather was a national independence activist, and his father is a national merit recipient.
National merit certificates will be awarded to four individuals, including Reserve Army Corporal Kim Hee-tae, who was injured by a mine explosion during demining operations in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and the families of wounded war veterans.