South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered a farewell speech in Tsing wa Tai on the 9th, calling for the resumption of North South dialogue on the Korean Peninsula and for national unity to meet the challenges facing the country. His term of office ended at midnight that day. At 00:00 on the 10th, President designate Yin Xiyue will listen to the report of the Joint Staff Headquarters of the Korean army in the bunker of the new presidential palace in Longshan District of Seoul and begin to perform his duties as president. Farewell speech In his 10 minute farewell speech, Moon Jae-in reviewed his five-year term of office and highlighted that when he took office in May 2017, the Korean Peninsula faced a "war crisis" due to the successive nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile tests conducted by the DPRK. With his efforts, the two sides entered a "dialogue stage" in 2018, bringing hope for peace and prosperity on the peninsula. Yonhap quoted the content of the speech as saying that during his term of office, the ROK DPRK relations failed to reach a higher level. "We can't just blame South Korea's insufficient determination and efforts. Some barriers are insurmountable by our will alone". "Peace is a condition for our survival and prosperity," Moon Jae-in said. "I sincerely hope that with the resumption of North South dialogue, efforts to promote the denuclearization of the peninsula and the institutionalization of peace will continue." Moon Jae-in hoped that the new government led by Yin Xiyue would "inherit and develop the achievements accumulated by previous governments". In view of the fact that the results of the presidential election in March highlighted political opposition and social polarization, Moon Jae-in stressed that "unity of people is more important than anything else". Moon Jae-in also cited other "achievements" of his administration, including Xinguan epidemic prevention and control, economic recovery from the epidemic, and launching the carbon neutral initiative, and thanked the people for their contributions. "I have finally unloaded the burden of the president," Moon Jae-in said. "Now, I will return to the life of ordinary citizens and pray for the happiness of all the people." Longshan bunker Moon Jae-in is scheduled to leave work at 6 p.m. on the 9th. At that time, he and his wife, Kim Jong Sook, will walk out of the main gate of the green tile terrace to pay tribute to the seeing off people. Subsequently, he will stay in a temporary residence in Seoul and exercise military command through a hotline until midnight. Yin Xiyue team said on the 9th that at 0:00 on the 10th, as the supreme commander of the Korean army, Yin Xiyue will listen to the telephone report of the Joint Staff Headquarters for the first time in the war situation room of the national crisis management center located in the bunker of the Ministry of defense building. The national crisis management center was previously located in the underground bunker of qingwatai to hold the national security meeting. According to Yin Xiyue's campaign commitment, the presidential palace will be moved from qingwatai to the Ministry of defense building, the national crisis management center will also be transferred to the "Longshan bunker" of the Ministry of defense building, and the personnel of the Ministry of defense will be stationed in the office building of the Joint Staff headquarters nearby. Yonhap analyzed that Yin Xiyue listened to the report at the "Longshan bunker" in order to dispel the security concerns caused by the relocation of the presidential palace to Longshan district. Moon Jae-in and former President Park Geun hye listened to the report of the Joint Staff Headquarters for the first time at home on the day they took office. inauguration Yin Xiyue's inauguration ceremony is scheduled to be held in front of the parliament building at 11 a.m. on the 10th. According to the spokesman of the ceremony Preparatory Committee, Yin Xiyue will get off after the motorcade enters the area of the parliament building, walk 180 meters across the square and shake hands with supporters along the way. The spokesman stressed that when former presidents took office, they got off the bus when the motorcade drove straight to the ceremony platform. Under the ceremony stage, a boy from the southeast city of Daegu and a girl from the southwest city of Gwangju will present flowers to Yin Xiyue, symbolizing South Korea's "harmony between East and west". The inaugural speech will last 25 minutes. The spokesman said that Yin Xiyue urged the Preparatory Committee not to invite famous artists to participate in the celebration performance, and reflected the theme of the presidential palace moving to Longshan during the performance. At that time, the large screens on both sides of the ceremony platform will broadcast the picture of Qingwa platform open to the public on that day. After the ceremony, Yin Xiyue cancelled the traditional motorcade parade and will first visit the nearby elderly community center and children's Park, and then start working in the new presidential palace. According to the survey results released by the South Korean polling agency "real meter" on the 9th, people's optimistic expectation of Yin Xiyue's governance prospects increased slightly by 1.7 percentage points to 51.4% compared with the last survey. (Xinhua News Agency)