President Lee Jae-myung attended the funeral service for former Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan on the morning of the 31st at the National Assembly. The president arrived at the service wearing a black suit with a mourning ribbon on his chest, accompanied by first lady Kim Hea-kyung. Seated in the same row as the president were National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik and Prime Minister Kim Min-seok.
The president and the first lady watched with somber expressions as the portrait of the deceased was brought in. They then sat with the bereaved family and listened to the reading of the deceased's biography by Presidential Political Affairs Adviser Cho Jeong-sik. Before the reading began, the president held the hands of the bereaved to offer condolences.
The former prime minister died of a heart attack on the 25th while on a business trip to Vietnam. On the 27th, his body was moved to a funeral hall in Jongno District, Seoul, and the funeral was solemnly held as an institutional and social funeral for five days. On the first evening, the president visited the mourning altar to pay his respects.