(Unofficial Translation) In connection with today’s agenda, we are joined by two guests from the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy. Please greet the Committee’s Vice Chairman Seo Hyung-soo and Head of the Secretariat Park Jin-gyeong with applause. The year 2020, which has ...

Nov 30, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Good morning, everyone. Climate crisis response is a matter of vital importance on which the survival and future of humanity hinges. Carbon neutrality by 2050 has become an irreversible dominant trend across the world. Over the next 30 years, humanity will embark on the great transformation ...

Nov 27, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, business leaders and specialists, The era of artificial intelligence is dawning. Machines that can learn and think like humans and computers that can infer and understand are already among us. Products like AlphaGo, though man-made, surpass human ability and blend into the...

Nov 25, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, Your Excellencies, Distinguished representatives of international organizations, I find it very meaningful that today’s event has been organized for us to share each one of our response to COVID-19. I’d like to express my gratitude to the Custodian of Two...

Nov 21, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Your Excellencies, I am glad to see you all. I am pleased to discuss our joint response to COVID-19 and post-2020 vision of APEC. I would like to extend my gratitude to the people of Malaysia and the Right Honorable Prime Minister Muhyiddin for preparing this meeting in these challengin...

Nov 20, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, Incheon citizens, I have come to Songdo again for the second time in less than a month. In the last visit, we presented our strategy to spearhead the era of smart cities. Today, we are announcing a biohealth industry development strategy. Songdo is at the forefront of ...

Nov 18, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 57th Cabinet Meeting. Last week, we marked the 50th anniversary of the death of martyred labor activist Chun Tae-il and revisited the importance of respecting labor. We have taken one step at a time toward a society that respects labor through progress in the labor movem...

Nov 17, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am pleased to meet you all. It is very reassuring to see many from the ruling party joining us today. In April when we were in the throes of the COVID-19 crisis, I unveiled an initiative to implement the Korean New Deal as a national development strategy. The announcement reflected our ...

Nov 16, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, Excellencies, In particular, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Prime Minister Suga of Japan. The 1997 East Asian financial crisis gave us an invaluable experience. We learned that one country’s crisis became its neighbor’s crisis, and we realized how imp...

Nov 14, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) It’s a great pleasure to meet you all. Last year in Busan, we committed to the 2nd Mekong-ROK Summit, and I am very pleased that today the promise has been kept. I would like to extend my gratitude to Prime Minister Phuc for successfully organizing the 2nd Mekong-ROK Summit. I wis...

Nov 13, 2020