(Unofficial Translation) Your Eminence Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea Hyginus Kim Hee-joong, archbishop and bishops, I am very glad to have you all here today. I am grateful to you for your valuable presence despite your very tight schedules due to the ...

Aug 20, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Municipal and provincial superintendents of education and relevant officials, I am glad to meet you all. School facilities have also sustained much damage from the prolonged rainy season and downpours. At this time, schools must be busy with recovery work and preparations in the lead-up t...

Aug 18, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, decorated independence activists, bereaved relatives of those departed and Korean compatriots abroad, As we mark the 75th Liberation Day, we contemplate the noble sacrifice and spirit of our patriotic forebears who gave their all to achieve our nation’s independence....

Aug 15, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) The Government has been working with the people over the past six months to fight a war against COVID-19 that has no end in sight. We are also doing our utmost to surmount the resultant economic crisis. Thanks to our people taking action as the principal agents of epidemic prevention and con...

Aug 11, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) The world is now mired in three unprecedented predicaments caused by abnormal weather conditions coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Amid these hardships, the Government is working closely with the people to weather the crisis. We have been seen as setting a standard fo...

Aug 10, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) A few days ago, the Government dispatched two military aircraft to Iraq and brought back home 293 Korean construction workers. It was a step taken to protect the lives and safety of our people as the spread of COVID-19 is very serious in Iraq. Among them, 76 workers tested positive, resultin...

Jul 27, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Korean citizens living abroad, ethnic Koreans overseas, it is good to see you all. Every time I meet you while traveling overseas, I have been moved and gained immense encouragement. I am very glad to greet you all via videoconferencing today. When Korea was struggling with the COVID-19 o...

Jul 24, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) It’s good to see you all. The Agency for Defense Development marks its 50th anniversary next month. Congratulations! It is very meaningful for me to visit ADD’s Daejeon headquarters, which spearheads our cutting-edge, scientific advances in national defense. Immediately after I took office, ...

Jul 23, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 37th Cabinet Meeting. Today’s gathering has been convened a bit early because the Cabinet members are scheduled to go to the National Assembly. The Korean New Deal initiative contains our determination to shift the metropolitan Seoul-centered axis of national development ...

Jul 21, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Today, we are joined by Chairman Kim Sa-yeol of the Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development and President Kang Hyun-Soo of the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements. Thank you. In order to emerge from the severe economic downturns caused by COVID-19, many countri...

Jul 20, 2020