<Reporter Lee Hyeon-young>
Presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, the power of the people, visited the May 18th National Cemetery after three weeks of 'remarks in defense of Chun Doo-hwan'.
In front of the memorial tower, he tried to apologize for his remarks, incense incense, and even flowers, but was blocked by civic groups in Gwangju, such as the May Mothers' Association.
Candidate Yoon stayed in the plaza for about 20 minutes in the midst of fierce protests, meditated far away from the memorial tower, and took out the apology he had prepared and read it.
[Yoon Seok-yeol/People's Power Presidential Candidate: I bow my head and apologize to everyone who was hurt by my remarks.]
Candidate Yoon said that he remembers the sacrifices made by the citizens of Gwangju in May 40 years ago for democracy with blood and tears.
[Yunseokyeol / the national forces presidential candidate: I will let your God must yirwonaego to you national integration aspirations succession, development of democracy, who you had won]
Yun candidate met with reporters after the announcement apology, not something today, ending with apples, He said that he would keep this heart and appealed to him to believe in his sincerity.
He also emphasized that the spirit of May 18 must be included in the preamble of the Constitution when it is amended.
The Democratic Party criticized it, saying, "It was forcibly executing an apology against the citizens of Gwangju as if executing a warrant."
[Lee Yong-bin / Democratic Party's spokesperson: The visit to Gwangju without reflection on Chun Doo-hwan's politics was a 'show-style political show' after all.]
Organizations related to May 18 also responded that it was disappointing, saying that it was one-sided to apologize according to the schedule Yoon had chosen.
Candidate Yoon will visit the Kim Dae-jung Nobel Peace Prize Memorial Hall in Mokpo, Jeollanam-do tomorrow, and then move to Bonghama Village in Gyeongsangnam-do to pay a visit to the tomb of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun.
Presidential candidate Shim Sang-jung of the Justice Party participated in a walking demonstration demanding the passage of the anti-discrimination law within this year, and presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-su of the People's Party raised his voice that the president, a domestic lawyer, cannot protect the Republic of Korea at a time when science and technology are important.
(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, Video editing: Kim Jin-won)
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