For the sake of peace on the Korean Peninsula, I will crisscross the globe. If needed, I will fly immediately to Washington. I will also visit Beijing and Tokyo, and even Pyeongyang under the right circumstances. I remain committed to doing all I can for the creation of peace on the Korean Peninsula.

May 10, 2017

President's inauguration speech

What we are pursuing is only peace. A peaceful Korean Peninsula is a peninsula free from the threat of nuclear weapons and war. It is a peninsula where the South and the North recognize and respect each other and live contentedly together.

July 6, 2017

Speech given at the Kӧrber Foundation

The basic principles of my administration are unwavering. The national interest of the Republic of Korea is our top priority, and it is a just goal. War must never break out again on the Korean Peninsula. Only the Republic of Korea can make the decision for military action on the Korean Peninsula. Without the consent of the Republic of Korea, no country can determine to take military action. The government will do all it can to prevent war from breaking out. No matter what twists and turns we undergo, the North Korean nuclear problem must be addressed in a peaceful manner. In this regard, my administration's position is not different from that of the U.S. government.

Aug. 15, 2017

Congratulatory speech on the 72nd National Liberation Day

We do not desire the collapse of North Korea. We will not seek unification by absorption or artificial means. If North Korea makes the decision, even now, to stand on the proper side of history, we are ready to assist North Korea together with the international community.

Sept. 22, 2017

Keynote speech at the 72nd U.N. General Assembly

Once again, we strongly urge North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile provocations and to come to the dialogue table for denuclearization as soon as possible.
President Trump and I reaffirmed our current strategy, which is to maximize pressure and sanctions on North Korea until it gives up its nuclear weapons and comes to the table for dialogue on its own. At the same time, should North Korea choose to make the proper choice, we also reaffirmed our view that we are willing to offer North Korea a bright future. Based on such a common approach between our two countries, we will continue to lead efforts to bring peaceful and fundamental solutions to North Korean nuclear issues.

Nov. 7, 2017

Remarks by President Moon during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump

The lives of the people need to be stabilized through the settlement of peace on the Korean Peninsula. There should never be another war on the Korean Peninsula. The ultimate goal of our diplomacy and national defense is to prevent war from recurring on the peninsula. I do not want the immediate unification of the Korean Peninsula.
My goal is to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue and to solidify peace while I am in office.

Jan. 10, 2018

New Year's press conference

Here today in Pyeongchang, the first joint South-North Korean team in Olympic history, in women’s ice hockey, is readying for the Games. The table tennis ball, weighing only 2.7 grams, has now been replaced, after 27 years, with a puck weighing 170 grams.
The South and North will become one at the Kwandong Hockey Center tomorrow. Athletes from the two Koreas will work together for victory, and that will resonate with and be remembered in the hearts of people around the world as a sign of peace.

Feb. 9, 2018

Welcoming remarks, reception for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

We must bring the nuclear weapons issue to a complete close and establish a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula through this summit and ensuing summits. We must create an environment in which the two Koreas can prosper together and co-exist in peace without interfering with or causing damage to each other, whether we agree to form one Korea or exist as two Koreas.

March 21, 2018

Opening remarks, second meeting of the Inter-Korean Summit Preparation Committee

The leaders of the United States, North Korea and I have changed the course of history through the Panmunjeom Declaration between the two Koreas and the Joint Statement from the North Korea-U.S. summit. We have begun confident steps toward complete denuclearization and the settlement of a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula... This path is never easy, but if the agreements at the summit are implemented with sincerity, the goal can be achieved.

July 13, 2018

Special speech, 42nd Singapore Lecture

We must overcome division for our survival and prosperity. Even though political unification is still far away, building a single economic community, first, by creating peace and freely travelling back and forth between the two Koreas, will become genuine liberation for us... I will be visiting Pyeongyang next month bearing the wishes of the people. We two leaders will confirm the implementation of the Panmunjeom Declaration and take an audacious step to proceed toward the declaration of an end to the Korean War and toward the signing of a peace treaty, as well as the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Aug. 15, 2018

Congratulatory speech, 73rd National Liberation Day