The South Korean presidential administration announced on Tuesday the death of Yoon Ki-jong, father of President Yoon Suk-yul, at the age of 92.
In a statement, the South Korean president added that Yoon went to the hospital just after the end of the Liberation Day celebration held at Ae In Bayang In Hwa Girls’ University and witnessed his father’s latest death. moments.
The office of the president said Yoon ordered the mourning ceremonies to be held exclusively with his family so that there were no vacancies in the performance of his duties, and added that he refused visits with condolences and bouquets of roses.
Officials said the funeral would take place over three days at Yonsei University Severance Hospital in Seoul.
Yoon, professor emeritus at Yonsei University, died at the Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul.
The ruling and opposition parties expressed their condolences.
The ruling People’s Power Party said those in the top four positions in the party plan to pay condolence visits later in the day, while the main opposition Democratic Party debates whether to make such visits.
Prime Minister Han Deok-soo will also pay a condolence visit, his office said.
Meanwhile, Yun is expected to hold a trilateral summit with his US and Japanese counterparts in the US at Camp David, near Washington, on Friday, as scheduled.
However, Yoon’s departure time may change depending on funeral arrangements.
This is the first time that the father of a South Korean president has died during his reign, and the mother of former President Moon Jae-in has died during his reign.
Notably, the late Yun, an economics graduate of Yonsei University, devoted his career to teaching applied statistics from 1973 to 1997 and was known as an expert in the study of economic inequality using statistical methods.
Source: Yonhap
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