(Unofficial Translation) It’s very fortunate that I have been able to honor every promise made to you one after the other, such as establishing the national fire service hospital now under construction and hiring an additional 20,000 firefighters. But those are not the reasons that I’ve come here toda...

Aug 06, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Today, we are holding the first meeting of a private-public joint committee, chaired by the Prime Minister and launched to push for Korea becoming a global vaccine hub. The committee consists of government officials from relevant ministries and agencies as well as the most distinguished vacc...

Aug 05, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 34th Cabinet Meeting. Our people are still enduring trying times during the COVID-19 crisis. An unavoidable responsibility this Administration bears for the remainder of my term is to protect the people’s lives by concentrating solely on their livelihoods and anti-...

Aug 03, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) At today’s meeting, we have two outside experts with us: Chairman Kwon Gi-hong of the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership and CEO Jeong Jung-gyo of Fresheasy. I believe this is probably the first time that the CEO of a private company is attending a senior secretaries meeting at...

Aug 02, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) The COVID-19 situation remains grave indeed. The fourth wave of the infections that began in the Seoul metropolitan area is spreading nationwide, causing great concern that the recovery of people’s livelihoods and the economy might be delayed. With epidemic prevention and control incre...

Jul 29, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, relatives of U.N. Korean War veterans and distinguished guests from home and abroad, Today marks the 68th anniversary of the Korean War armistice and 9th U.N. Forces Participation Day. For the first time since its founding, the United Nations dispatched forces to fight in ...

Jul 27, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Today, two outside experts will be joining our discussion: President Lee Kwang-hyung of KAIST and President Kim Tae-man of the Korea Intellectual Property Strategy Agency. Let’s give them a hand to welcome them. The 34.9 trillion-won second supplementary budget proposal has passed the Nat...

Jul 26, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) At this grave juncture in the most serious part of the crisis following waves of COVID-19 infections, I am personally presiding over today’s meeting to organize a full-scale response that mobilizes all of our country’s capabilities. As of now, we are seeing vaccination rates r...

Jul 25, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 31st Cabinet Meeting. The European Union has recently announced that it will introduce a carbon border tax as part of concrete measures to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality and that the tax will come into full effect from 2026. The EU has also imposed a practical ban ...

Jul 20, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) The entire world is having a difficult and hard time due to natural disasters and the spread of COVID-19 variants. The highly contagious Delta variant that is spreading at a terrifying rate is putting countries across the globe on high alert in the fight against the virus. Amid this situatio...

Jul 19, 2021