Jin Jeong-seok Pays Condolences to Late Former National Assembly Deputy Speaker Lee Sang-deuk... MB Says "We Must Unite to Support the President"

MB "Midterm Turning Point, Time to Work Vigorously"

Former President Lee Myung-bak is paying his respects at the funeral hall of his elder brother, former National Assembly Deputy Speaker Lee Sang-deuk, set up at Seoul Asan Medical Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 23rd.
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President Yoon Suk-yeol sent Chief Secretary Jeong Jin-seok and Policy Chief Seong Tae-yoon to express condolences at the funeral hall of the late Lee Sang-deuk, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, on the 24th.

Chief Secretary Jeong and Policy Chief Seong visited the funeral hall that afternoon to pay their respects and stayed for about an hour and a half.

Lee Myung-bak (MB), former president and younger brother of the late Deputy Speaker Lee, said, "The midpoint of the president's term is the time when the most work must be done most vigorously during the term," adding, "The ruling party must fulfill its responsibility to support the president and help the government succeed with united strength."