Song Hye-kyo and Chan Ho Park also send wreaths... Tributes from across society continue at late Choi Bool-am’s wake

[Financial News] Wreaths of condolence sent by figures in the cultural and arts, political, business, and social welfare sectors continued to arrive at the wake of the late actor Choi Bool-am.
On the 30th, wreaths sent by actors Ko Du-shim, Song Hye-kyo, Choi Min-soo, Im Ha-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, and others were displayed in Room 20 of the funeral hall at Asan Medical Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Park Eun-soo, who played Il-yong in the drama “Country Diaries,” also sent a wreath in tribute to the deceased.
Director Sung Kim of the drama “Chief Detective 1958,” Lee Gap-seong, chairman of the Korean Film Actors Association, musical producer Park Myung-sung, and Park Jung-hee, head and artistic director of the National Theater Company of Korea, also paid tribute with wreaths. The names of broadcaster Lee Sang-byeok, KBS President Jangbeom Park, and baseball player Chan Ho Park were also written on wreaths.
Kim Yoon-ji, president of the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), and Hwang Gyo-ik, president of the Korea Culture & Tourism Institute, also joined in paying tribute. From the political sphere, wreaths were sent by Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Secretary-General Han Jeoung-ae, and Lee Jae-jung, chair of the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, among others.
From the business community, Song Jun-ho, CEO of Dongkook Pharmaceutical; Lee Han-woo, CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction; Kim Young-hoon, chairman of Daesung Group; and Jang Jae-hoon, vice chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, sent wreaths in tribute to the deceased.
Shin Mi-sook, president of Holt Children’s Services, Inc.; Kim Il-bae, head of ChildFund Korea’s Geoje Supporters’ Committee; Kim Nam-su, chairman of the Syngman Rhee Founding President Memorial Association; and all members of ChildFund Korea’s National Supporters’ Committee also sent wreaths.
The late actor died at 10:30 p.m. on the 29th, aged 86. Since 1985, he had served as chair of ChildFund Korea’s National Supporters’ Committee and continued supporting children. His funeral will be conducted as a ChildFund Korea foundation funeral.
The funeral procession is scheduled to depart at 7 a.m. on November 2. A Mass will be held afterward, followed by a brief stop at ChildFund Korea’s headquarters before the procession heads to Donghwa Gyeongmo Park, the burial site.


[email protected] Shin Jin-a, Jang In-seo Reporter