Yoon pays his respects at national cemetery ahead of inauguration ceremony

President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee visit Seoul National Cemetery to pay their respects to fallen patriots, May 10. Yonhap

President Yoon Suk-yeol visited Seoul National Cemetery, Tuesday, to pay his respects to fallen patriots before moving on to his inauguration ceremony.

Yoon was accompanied by his wife Kim Keon-hee and aides, including presidential chief of staff designate Kim Dae-ki, on the visit, where he laid flowers and burned incense to honor the national heroes.

The new president wrote a message in the guestbook that read, "Upholding the sacrifice and the devotion of the patriotic martyrs, I will make the Republic of Korea leap forward again, and a country where the people can live well together."

The formal inauguration ceremony of Yoon took place at 11 a.m. at the National Assembly Plaza. (Yonhap)