Over 500 thousand gather at Seoul Plaza to mourn Roh

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Korean people flew an abundance of yellow paper planes carrying rage, sorrow and hope on May 29, the day “Roh Moo-hyun, the Fool's”funeral ceremony was held. “Roh Moo-hyun, the Fool” is a term of endearment for the late former President Roh Moo-hyun. Citizens coined the phrase when they found that the late former president had devoted himself with great sacrifice and sincerity to the goal of breaking regionalism during his election campaign.

His body left his hometown Bongwha Village located in South Gyungsang Province at dawn and arrived at Kyungbok Palace where his funeral service was held.

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Approximately 500 thousand Korean people gathered at Seoul’s City Hall Plaza carrying yellow balloons to send Roh off. Several citizens started to wail when Roh’s body was hearsed at City Hall Plaza. People shouted, “Our apologies to Roh Moo-hyun, Resurrect Roh Moo-hyun.”

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http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/357765.html

I attended 2 memorial services and the funeral.
The funeral was heart wrenching.
Former President Kim Dae-jeong's eulogy was quite inspiring