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National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik plans to visit Beijing early next month to attend a ceremony marking China's anniversary of victory over Japan in World War II, officials announced.
According to Yonhap News Agency, China is organizing a large-scale military parade in Tiananmen Square on September 3 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japanese aggression during the war. Woo has decided to attend the 80th Victory Day ceremony after receiving an official invitation from the Chinese government, as stated in a press release.
Woo's office mentioned that lawmakers, primarily from the South Korea-China Parliamentarians' Union, will be part of the delegation making the trip. Among those accompanying Woo are Reps. Park Jie-won, Kim Tae-nyeon, Park Jeung, and Hong Kee-won of the ruling Democratic Party, Rep. Kim Sung-won of the main opposition People Power Party, and Rep. Kim Joon-hyung of the minor Rebuilding Korea Party.