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memorial service for the 13th anniversary of the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun was held in Bonghama Village, Gimhae, Gyeongnam.

Leaders of both the ruling and opposition parties were present at the event today (23rd), and Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, the first among the prime ministers of the conservative government, also attended.

Former President Moon Jae-in also attended the memorial service for the first time in five years.



This is reporter Yoo Soo-hwan.



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The message running through the 13th anniversary memorial was 'integration'.



The theme was 'I am a waking river', and it reminded me of the words of former President Roh Moo-hyun during his lifetime, "The river bends left and right, but eventually it goes to the sea."



Leaders of the opposition and opposition parties were also mobilized.



In the Democratic Party, a large number of party elders, including general election chairman Lee Jae-myung, attended, reminiscent of a local election campaign.



[Lee Jae-myung/Chairman of the Democratic Party General Election Countermeasures Committee: A dream of a world in which people live, a dream of a world without fouls and privileges, we will continue to carry on without forgetting it.]



Former President Moon Jae-in also laid a wreath on Neoruk Rock with First Lady Kim Jung-sook in 5 years.



Former President Moon Jae-in, who had become a successful president and said he would find him again, said on social media that he kept his promise, saying, "It was a long time ago."



Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, who served as the last Prime Minister of the Participatory Government, also visited the memorial service for the first time among conservative government prime ministers.



[Han Deok-soo/Prime Minister: President Yoon gives me special comfort to Ms. Kwon Yang-sook.



Senior officials of the Yun Seok-yeol government, including Chief of Staff Kim Dae-gi and Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min, and passport figures such as Lee Jun-seok, representative of the People's Power, also attended, and some mourners booed.



The memorial service, which had been scaled down online due to COVID-19, was held as an official event after two years, and citizens' procession continued.



(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Choi Hye-young)