(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, relevant military personnel and aviation industry professionals, distinguished guests from home and abroad, Today is a special day. The commanding presence of the “KF-21” – the prototype of the next-generation, independently developed Korean fighter jet – has finally been ...

Apr 09, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Two outside experts – President Kang Sam-kwon of the Korea Venture Business Association and Chairman Ji Seong-bae of the Korean Venture Capital Association – are participating in today’s meeting to discuss items on the agenda. Please welcome them with a round of applause. T...

Apr 05, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, surviving victims and bereaved families of the 1948 Jeju April 3 Incident, residents of Jeju-do Province, On this memorial day to honor the victims 73 years after the April 3 Incident, spring rain is falling across Jeju Island. I am standing here with a sincere wish that ...

Apr 03, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, distinguished business and industry professionals, Spring, a harbinger of recovery and resurgence, has come. The economy that has been frozen due to the COVID-19 crisis is now ready to thaw and flow vigorously yet again. I congratulate you on this 48th Commerce and Indust...

Mar 31, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Our economy is making a rapid and strong turnaround. Many international organizations have repeatedly revised their forecasts upward for Korea’s economic growth rate this year. Among them, the IMF has raised its projection of Korea’s growth by half a percentage point to 3.6 perce...

Mar 30, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) We have urgently convened the 7th Anti-Corruption Policy Consultative Council meeting today to declare the eradication of real estate-related corruption in our society as the top priority of our anti-corruption policy at this time and to make a strong drive for government-wide countermeasure...

Mar 29, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, bereaved families and war veterans, Today, we are gathered at the Republic of Korea Navy Second Fleet Command to honor fallen heroes who safeguarded the West Sea and to revisit their noble patriotism. The Navy’s Second Fleet Command impenetrably defends vast water...

Mar 26, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, space scientists and engineers, I am proud of you. Congratulations on the successful final integrated hot-fire test of Nuri’s first-stage thrust engine today. This last test simulating the actual launch of Korea’s newest space launch vehicle signifies the compl...

Mar 25, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) The safety and efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been internationally reaffirmed. Most European countries have resumed administering it, and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency has also expanded eligibility for the vaccine to include those aged 65 and over. Accordi...

Mar 22, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, residents of Chungcheongnam-do Province and citizens of Boryeong, My visit here today reminds me of waters off Taean once covered with oil from the 2007 spill. In 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature acknowledged Taean National Park’s outstanding...

Mar 19, 2021