- Title: South Korean President marks the country’s Memorial Day
- Date: 6th June 2017
- Summary: CEREMONY IN PROGRESS MOON GIVING CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AND SHAKING HANDS MOON CLAPPING MOON HANDING OUT CERTIFICATES OF MERIT MOON HELPING A WAR VETERAN (CENTRE) TO WALK AND TO TAKE HIS SEAT
- Embargoed: 20th June 2017 05:50
- Keywords: Memorial Day Moon Jae-in President South Korea
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0036K535MT
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: South Korea's President Moon Jae-in attended the 62nd Memorial Day ceremony on Tuesday (June 6) to commemorate the South Korean men and woman who died during battle.
During a speech, Moon asked the people to show a spirit of patriotism and unity. The 62nd Memorial Day falls less than a month after Moon's presidential victory which was expected to end months of political turmoil.
Memorial day remembers primarily soldiers who fought in the 1950 Korean War. Twenty-one countries sent around two million troops to fight, 140,000 of them were killed or wounded, Seoul's had said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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