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(unofficial translation) President Phúc, I am glad to see you again. It’s been two years since our meeting at the 2019 ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit. I congratulate you on your election as President during your National Assembly’s meeting session earlier this year. I was told that it was the first time an incumbent p...

Sep 21, 2021

(unofficial translation) I am glad to meet you all. Vaccine companies and research institutes from Korea and the United States have gathered here to sign vaccine partnership MOUs. Cytiva has submitted a report to the Korean Government for its investment plan. Vaccine enterprises and research organizations are about to...

Sep 21, 2021

(unofficial translation) I am glad to meet you, Chairman Albert Bourla and Senior Vice President Jon Selib. Chairman Bourla, I am so pleased to meet you today at long last. I am grateful to you for taking time out of your busy schedule. Pfizer has become the world’s most famous and important enterprise this yea...

Sep 21, 2021

(unofficial translation) President Borut Pahor, I am glad to see you again. It’s been three years since our meeting during your visit to Korea – the first by a Slovenian president – on the occasion of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. It is my great honor to receive from you the Order of Special Merit...

Sep 20, 2021

(unofficial translation) Thank you, Your Excellency Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Just as you mentioned, I am glad to see you again after our meeting at the G7 Summit. My attendance at the G7 Summit has helped the Republic of Korea firmly establish itself as a responsible member of the international community. I&rsquo...

Sep 20, 2021

[unofficial translation] President Abdulla Shahid, Secretary General António Guterres, Distinguished delegates, I am extremely delighted to join you at SDG Moment 2021 and grateful for inviting me to this special occasion. A research institute of the United Nations University recently released a report that ...

Sep 20, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Your Excellencies, President Biden and other heads of state and government, I wholeheartedly welcome the opening of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate. I’d like to express my respect for President Biden’s leadership. Throughout this year, the first for implementing t...

Sep 17, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) I welcome State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi on his visit to Korea. You have come to Korea this year again after your visit last year. I am pleased that closely coordinated senior-level exchanges between our two countries have continued even amid the COVID-19 situation. ...

Sep 15, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 40th Cabinet Meeting. The Chuseok break is just a few days away. During the holiday, I am scheduled to attend the U.N. General Assembly. As the COVID-19 outbreak drags on, we have to greet this coming Chuseok amid difficulties yet again. However, I’d like to see all of ...

Sep 14, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for Defense Peter Dutton, I welcome you to Korea and to Cheong Wa Dae. I am also very glad to meet Australian Ambassador to Korea Catherine Raper and the other delegation members. In the year that marks the 60th anniversary of the establi...

Sep 13, 2021