First Joint Memorial for Yeosu-Suncheon Incident in the City's Founding Year...Bereaved Families Hope for President Lee's Attendance

About 800 Attendees to Gather at Ocheon Green Square in Suncheon on October 19

Focusing on Honoring the Yeosu-Suncheon Incident Victims, Reconciliation, and Coexistence

Preparations for the joint memorial ceremony commemorating the Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Incident are gaining momentum, marking the first such event since the launch of the Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City. Bereaved families expressed their hope that President Lee Jaemyung will attend the ceremony to honor the victims and offer comfort to the families in person.

On September 4, the Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City held the first briefing session at the Dongbu Government Complex to prepare for the 78th anniversary joint memorial for the Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Incident, collecting input from bereaved families and advisory committee members, according to an announcement on the 5th.

The first briefing session for the preparation of the 78th anniversary joint memorial ceremony of the Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Incident held on the 4th at the Dongbu Government Complex. Provided by Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City

This year, the joint memorial ceremony is scheduled to take place on October 19 at Ocheon Green Square in Suncheon, with about 800 attendees including bereaved families, government officials, and members of the National Assembly.

At the briefing session, the event management agency outlined the basic plan for the ceremony, strategies for operating the event venue, and measures for the convenience and safety of the bereaved families. Based on this presentation, participants exchanged views on the structure and direction of the event’s operation.

Particularly this year, as it is the inaugural anniversary ceremony held in the founding year of the Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City, a consensus emerged that honoring the victims and bereaved families should be the top priority.

Additional opinions were raised that the ceremony should be structured so that the pain of the Yeosu-Suncheon Incident is not confined to the memories of a particular region or generation, but is shared and remembered by all citizens and future generations. The intention is to communicate the truth of the incident while emphasizing reconciliation and coexistence.

There were also calls for President Lee Jaemyung to attend the memorial service. By honoring the victims and consoling the bereaved families personally, the President could help raise national awareness of the Yeosu-Suncheon Incident and further the cause of uncovering the truth and restoring the honor of the victims.

The Integrated Special City plans to supplement the event plan based on the opinions put forth at this briefing session, and will coordinate with representatives of the bereaved families, the Central Committee for the Yeosu-Suncheon Incident, Suncheon City, and other relevant organizations to develop detailed programs and an operational plan.

The memorial ceremony will be prepared not only to honor the memory of the victims, but also to emphasize passing on the truth and remembrance of the Yeosu-Suncheon Incident to future generations.

Bae Seongjin, head of the Yeosu-Suncheon Incident Support Team at the Jeonnam Gwangju Integrated Special City, stated, "As this 78th joint memorial ceremony will be held in the city's founding year, we will make thorough preparations so that we may remember the painful history of the Yeosu-Suncheon 10·19 Incident together, and make this a meaningful occasion that moves beyond regions and generations toward reconciliation and coexistence."

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