President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a senior secretaries' meeting at the presidential office building in Yongsan, Seoul, the 27th. /Courtesy of the Presidential Office.

President Lee Jae-myung will deliver a special address on Dec. 3, marking one year since the "Dec. 3 state of emergency martial law" incident. Lee Kyu-yeon, senior presidential secretary for public relations, said at a presidential office briefing on the 30th, "Marking one year since the 'revolution of light,' President Lee plans to keep a calm but meaningful schedule," sharing the plan.

Lee said the special address will "remember the efforts of the people of Korea, who turned extreme chaos into peace with shouts that stood up to the candlelight." On the same day, President Lee will also hold a foreign press conference titled "A newly established democracy, the one year." According to the presidential office, at the briefing Lee will declare to the international community the restoration of "K-democracy" and deliver a message of national unity.

On the day, President Lee will host a luncheon inviting the five highest constitutional officers. Attending will be National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik, Chief Justice Jo Hee-de, Constitutional Court President Kim Sang-hwan, Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, and National Election Commission Chair Roh Tae-ak. Lee said, "It will be a time to share the meaning and tasks of the first anniversary of the revolution of light."

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