Yoon to pay visit to ex-President Park
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol gestures as he acknowledges his supporters at a market in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern Korea, April 11. Yoon traveled to the city as part of a two-day swing through the region that includes a meeting with former President Park Geun-hye in the nearby city of Daegu. Yonhap
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol was to pay a visit to former President Park Geun-hye in her hometown of Daegu, Tuesday, amid attention over whether they will be able to patch up their troubled relationship.
Yoon led a 2016 investigation into a corruption scandal involving Park that led to her impeachment, ouster from office and imprisonment. Yoon said during the election campaign that even though he did what he was supposed to do as a prosecutor, he feels apologetic toward Park.
Park was pardoned in December after serving four years and nine months of a 22-year sentence for corruption. After months of treatment at a Seoul hospital, she returned to a new residence in her hometown last month.
Yoon has repeatedly stated his wish to visit Park. During Tuesday's meeting, Yoon is also expected to invite her to his May 10 inauguration ceremony.
Daegu was the last stop in Yoon's two-day swing through key cities in North Gyeongsang Province that was organized to express gratitude for the support that people in the region showed him in last month's presidential election.
Yoon was scheduled to return to Seoul later Tuesday. (Yonhap)