Former President Park Geun-hye was invited to the front row of guest seats at the presidential inauguration ceremony (Photo: Representative photo / Archyde.com / Afro)
(Shine Tachibana: Writer in Korea)
A new president was born in the Republic of Korea. Conservative President Yoon Seok-you. I’m deeply moved when I think that the dark five-year Moon Jae-in government will be over, and I’m wondering if light can come into this country again.
I was watching the presidential inauguration on TV from the morning.
Korean conservative internet users were excited about how great the inauguration speech was. From now on, when South Korea can regain liberal democracy, it was the momentum of drinking and singing. Just as Korea’s corona restrictions have been virtually lifted, restaurants can now be open at night. While wearing a mask, the downtown area is regaining its brightness with the birth of the new government.
However, what caught my eye on the TV broadcast was the appearance of former President Park Geun-hye, who was in the middle of the front row of the guest seats, rather than the leading president. After the inauguration ceremony, the president and his wife bowed respectfully to former President Park Geun-hye, and until President Park Geun-hye left the venue by car, he was half a step behind to protect Mrs. Kim Kun-hye.
It was quite moving. It can be said that President Park Geun-hye, who lost his job due to Korean populism, has regained her honor under the watchful eye of the world’s guests by the arrangement of her new president and his wife.
President Yoon is the person who arrested former President Park Geun-hye during his time as a prosecutor in 2016. After that, he was appointed as the prosecutor’s chief by former President Moon Jae-in, and he made an exceptional career.
President Yoon is a person who, while being at the mercy of the Bun administration, decided to enter the world of politics because of the wrongdoing of the Bun administration and became president.
Just one month before the inauguration, President Yoon visited former President Park Geun-hye directly to request his attendance at the inauguration.