(Unofficial Translation) “We will be a government devoted to the elderly like children fulfilling their duties to parents.” Parents’ Day is a day to show respect for our elders. The highest form of respect we can pay them is to learn from their wisdom. The elderly citizens of our country are the ones who have hel...

May 08, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. As education authorities, school staff and parents all must have immense concerns over the reopening of classrooms, I have come to a school to check for myself. Having visited and looked around, I believe you have little to worry about. The primary concern for p...

May 08, 2020

(Unofficial translation) Yesterday, on Children’s Day, Korea’s widely adored KBO professional baseball league finally started its 2020 season. Even though the opening games were played without spectators, many were likely watching the TV broadcasts. I hope our people – exhausted as they are by COVI...

May 06, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I assume that many people are enjoying the long holiday weekend at this time. I hope they can find the time to rest and comfort minds and bodies that have been exhausted by COVID-19. However, I ask everyone not to forget to keep a proper distance and wear face masks whenever and wherever ...

May 04, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) We mark the 130th International Workers’ Day. Most of the victims at an Icheon construction site fire were day laborers. Those who were laying electrical wiring, painting, installing equipment and pouring concrete suffered utterly unexpected harm while putting the final touches on t...

May 01, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. Today, we have arranged an onsite meeting to discuss employment retention with labor and management representatives from the hotel industry, which has been the hardest hit by the COVID-19 outbreak. This location may seem a little unusual, but I would like to share ...

Apr 29, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 22nd Cabinet Meeting. The Government has been responding to the worst economic crisis in history by taking rapid and bold emergency measures during five Emergency Economic Council meetings. Together with emergency funds for SMEs and self-employed microbusiness owners, foc...

Apr 28, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) It has been two years since the two leaders of South and North Korea announced the historic Panmunjom Declaration. My feelings and memories at that time are still fresh. The scene of me and Chairman Kim Jong Un, hand-in-hand, stepping over and back across the Military Demarcation Line touche...

Apr 27, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, representatives from the shipping and shipbuilding industries, These wild sea winds at the shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering on Geojedo carry your enthusiastic passion. Two years ago, a five-year plan to rebuild the shipping industry was announced. ...

Apr 23, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Only when there are jobs will there be lives and an economy for the people. Preserving jobs is key to overcoming the national crisis and the most urgent matter for survival. The Government has placed top priority on preemptive measures to stabilize employment and support vulnerable populatio...

Apr 22, 2020