Former Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, who is running for the Democratic Party of Korea's leadership election, visited former President Roh Moo-hyun's gravesite on the 17th and apologized for the so-called 'Candidate Unification Council' incident that occurred ahead of the 2002 presidential election. At the time, former Prime Minister Kim left the Democratic Party during the ‘Roh Moo-hyun-Chung Mong-joon unification’ process, calling for unification with candidate Chung Mong-joon and candidate Roh Moo-hyun’s resignation. During this convention, former Democratic Party leader Chung Cheong-rae ignited a ‘controversy over the enemy’ by emphasizing that he was from ‘Roh Moo-hyun’ (a group that loves Roh Moo-hyun), as if taking aim at the ‘back end collusion’ situation of former Prime Minister Kim, his rival for the party leadership. On this day, former Prime Minister Kim posted on his He said, “I bow my head again and deeply apologize to everyone, including President Roh and Mrs. Roh, who were hurt in the process of unifying candidates and withdrawing from the party in 2002.”