(Unofficial Translation) Honorable President Biden, Excellencies, With the time approaching for us to return to normal life, consumption and demand for investments that have been repressed by the COVID-19 pandemic are rebounding rapidly. However, global supply chains have still recovered only half of their ful...

Oct 31, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, thank you. Sustainable Development Goals have been promised by the international community. We are now striving to find ways of living that differ from those in the past and to build back better. However, we have to face up to the agonizing reality that the COVID-19 crisi...

Oct 31, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, thank you. A few weeks ago, the Nobel Committee selected scientists who had identified the causes of climate change and developed a model to predict global warming as this year’s laureates in Physics. Science has long pointed to climate change’s causes, and th...

Oct 31, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, Excellencies, I am grateful to Prime Minister Draghi and the people of Italy for organizing this event to bring us together in one place after two years. During the COVID-19 crisis, the G20 has played a pivotal role for solidarity and cooperation. The launch of ACT-A,...

Oct 30, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Today’s “crosses of peace” project has been planned and organized by Chairperson Park Yong-man of the Path with You Foundation. Until recently, he served as the CEO of one of Korea’s largest companies and represented all businesses as Chairman of the Korean Chamber of...

Oct 29, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Your Majesty, Excellencies, It is reassuring to be together in these difficult times. I extend my appreciation to His Majesty Sultan Bolkia for his leadership in hosting this Summit. Today, the world has come to realize that transnational cooperation is the only path toward addressin...

Oct 27, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, Excellencies, It’s a pleasure to see you all again in good health. Prime Minister Kishida, I extend my warmest welcome to you. The ASEAN+3 Summit is soon to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Having come together in our collective response to the East Asian fina...

Oct 27, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, Excellencies, In these difficult times of the lingering COVID-19 crisis, it is wonderful and reassuring to be reunited with all of you. I express my deepest respect to His Majesty Hassanal Bolkiah for his outstanding organization of this summit and extend my gratitude to ...

Oct 26, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, the Honorable Speaker Park Byeong-seug and distinguished members of the National Assembly, I am filled with deep emotions as – with six months left in my term – I am delivering my last speech before the National Assembly. Throughout my presidency, national cri...

Oct 25, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, space scientists and engineers, The Nuri flight test has been completed. I am proud of it. It is unfortunate that the launch fell short of perfectly achieving its goal, but – for a first launch – the outcome was remarkable. From the launch controls, the liftoff, midair ...

Oct 21, 2021