President Lee to Host Dinner for Kim Min-seok, Jung Chung-rae, and Song Young-gil on August 19: "Becoming One Again"

President Lee Jae-myung is scheduled to meet with three lawmakers—Kim Min-seok, Jung Chung-rae, and Song Young-gil—who ran for the leadership of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, it has been confirmed.

According to SBS coverage, President Lee plans to invite the three lawmakers to the Blue House for dinner the day after tomorrow (August 19), just two days after the party convention, to emphasize the necessity of unity within the party.

Following the party convention in August of last year, President Lee invited and met with then-candidates Jung Chung-rae and Park Chan-dae ten days later. The unusually swift dinner scheduled just two days after this convention is interpreted as reflecting the particularly heated atmosphere of the recent Democratic Party leadership race.

Earlier today (August 17), President Lee emphasized in a video congratulatory message for the convention, "The Democratic Party has been strongest when it was united," adding, "While we have debated and competed fiercely in true Democratic Party fashion up until now, starting today, we must rally tightly around the new leadership once again."

President Lee is also expected to soon invite the leadership under new party leader Kim Min-seok to urge intra-party unity and cooperation between the party and the presidential office.

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