(Unofficial Translation) This is going to be the year’s last meeting with senior secretaries to the President at Cheong Wa Dae. My Administration will enter its fifth year next year. At a time when we may become a bit lax, the Government will pull itself together and attend to state affairs with even more extr...

Dec 28, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. This is the fifth time that I’ve invited the five heads of our constitutional institutions to Cheong Wa Dae. Today, the National Election Commission’s new Chairperson Noh Jeong-hee joins us for the first time. I’d like to welcome and congratulate...

Dec 22, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. Today, we are holding the 3rd Plenary Session of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology. This year, 18 new members from the private sector have been appointed to the PACST, and eight of them are women. I have very high expectations for the n...

Dec 21, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. We have had an unprecedented situation throughout this year due to COVID-19. Medical professionals and disease control agencies and their staff have had immense hardships – as well as our people who have endured inconveniences as the principal agents of epide...

Dec 17, 2020

Let me begin the 61st Cabinet Meeting. The reform laws laboriously legislated by the National Assembly for law-enforcement agencies – the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, the police and the National Intelligence Agency – will be promulgated after today’s Cabinet Meeting. ...

Dec 15, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) In connection with today’s agenda, Senior Research Fellow Chang Jiyeun of the Korea Labor Institute is joining us as an outside expert. Please greet her with applause. Thank you for being with us. The COVID-19 crisis has made the final stretches of the year much more difficult. It i...

Dec 14, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, Throughout this year, everyone has struggled really hard. I extend my sympathy to all of those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 and patients who are battling the virus at this moment. My heartfelt respect goes out to everyone who has joined forces for epidemic prevent...

Dec 10, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) “Going Further Together” Fellow Koreans, distinguished international trading professionals, This year has been hard for everyone. International commodity traders have also suffered many difficulties under unprecedented circumstances. As the entire world slid into recession simulta...

Dec 08, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) In just two weeks, after raising the social distancing level on November 19 and again on November 24, we are elevating it once more for the Seoul metropolitan area to Level 2.5. This decision is based on the judgement that the enhanced levels of social distancing and epidemic prevention meas...

Dec 07, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 59th Cabinet Meeting. The preliminary third quarter GDP growth rate of 2.1 percent announced today is higher than the advance estimate of 1.9 percent released in October. This figure indicates that the country’s economy is recovering faster than expected and the ec...

Dec 01, 2020