President Yoon Seok-yeol went to work today (12th), the day after his inauguration, at the Oval Office in Yongsan, Seoul.
Immediately after the inauguration ceremony yesterday, President Yoon visited the Yongsan office to work, and today he went to work from his private residence to the office.
President Yoon finished his first day as president with the VIP dinner held at the Shilla Hotel in Jangchung-dong, Seoul yesterday, the day of his inauguration.
At the banquet, President Yoon served 'fusion Korean food' using local specialties to 160 domestic and foreign guests, including congratulatory delegations for the inauguration ceremony and dignitaries from the political and business circles.
The dinner, which started at around 7pm yesterday evening, was attended by foreign guests including Postin Archange Tuadera, President of the Central African Republic, Halima Yakob, Singaporean President, Megawati Sukarnoputri, former Indonesian President, Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and Vice President Douglas Emhoff of the United States. I did.
Domestic figures include five factors including National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok, Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myung-su, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Yu Nam-seok, Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom, and the recent resignation of Chairman Roh Jeong-hee, as well as opposition parties such as People's Power Representative Lee Jun-seok and the Democratic Party's Joint Emergency Response Committee Chairman Yun Ho-jung and Park Ji-hyeon. Persons from the transition committee were in attendance, including politicians, former president Ahn Cheol-soo, former president of the transition committee, Kim Han-gil, former national integration chairperson, Kim Byung-joon, former special chairman of the balanced regional development, and Park Joo-seon, president of the preparatory committee for the inauguration.
Among business figures, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry), Korea Federation of Entrepreneurs Huh Chang-soo, Korea International Trade Association Chairman Koo Ja-yeol, and the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Businesses Chairman Kim Ki-moon were present at the dinner.
"The new government will contribute to freedom, peace and prosperity, and stand for strong security and dignified diplomacy," President Yoon said at the banquet.
President Yoon also said, "We will build a future-oriented cooperative relationship with our close neighbor Japan." "China is a close neighbor of Korea. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and China, we will seek practical and effective cooperation in the spirit of mutual respect." .
The two-hour dinner menu consisted of Wando abalone, Geumsan ginseng, Gurye barley shoot, Gapyeong pine nuts, Tongyeong sea bream, Gongju chestnut, Goesan bank, Jeongseon gondre, Jeju bracken, Gimpo gold rice, Taean ramie, Chungcheong zucchini, Gaeseong Yakgwa, Jeju apple. It consisted of fusion Korean food prepared with local specialties such as mango and Goheung yuja, and 6 kinds of traditional wine made with local agricultural products were prepared for the banquet.
At the inaugural celebration banquet held at the National Assembly yesterday afternoon prior to the dinner, Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom made a mistake and burst into laughter in the hall.
Prime Minister Kim, who grabbed the microphone in the process of proposing toasts from the 5th party in turn, said, "I expect the Moon Jae-in government to take the history of the Korean people one step further." saying '
Prime Minister Kim apologized and gave a big laugh to the audience by apologizing, "I am so used to Moon Jae-in, so please forgive me."
(Planning: Jeong Yun-sik / Video coverage: main criminal Lee Yong-han / Editing: Cha Hee-joo / Production: D Content Planning Department)