[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The United Future Party raised its voice, saying that not enshrining the late General Baek Seon-yeop at Seoul National Cemetery would be "a disgrace of the era," as they await the government's decision regarding his burial at Daejeon National Cemetery.
Kim Eun-hye, spokesperson for the United Future Party, stated on the 12th, "General Baek led the front lines every single day for 1,128 days from the outbreak of the Korean War. We are pushing this hero out of his final resting place due to political strife," criticizing the situation.
Spokesperson Kim added, "There are various talks about his resting place. The family of General Baek had already accepted burial at Daejeon National Cemetery during his lifetime," and questioned, "Why was that? Was it because there was truly nothing to say? It must have been to avoid tarnishing the general's honor."
He continued, "In a world where the name of Minister Kim Hyun-mi appears on the 50th anniversary monument of the completion of the Gyeongbu Expressway instead of President Park Chung-hee's name," and said, "If we erase the name of the general who protected the country on the brink and prevent him from resting at the National Seoul National Cemetery, where 126,000 comrades of the Korean War are enshrined, it would be a disgrace of the era."
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