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(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 increas...

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 the ...

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 Nationa...

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 rise ...

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 on t...

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 situation,...

Jul 19, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, Today, on the first anniversary of the announcement of the Korean New Deal, I would like to present to the people what has been achieved so far and the plans to implement the “Korean New Deal 2.0,” a more evolved version. Threats from COVID-19 still persist and we...

Jul 14, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) We are now facing the most critical juncture since the first outbreak of COVID-19 in our country. In particular, the virus continues to spread amid a significant hike in the Seoul metropolitan area. Furthermore, as the region has become the epicenter of the nationwide spread, we have urgently ...

Jul 12, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. I welcome the delegation from the U.S. Congressional Study Group on Korea to Cheong Wa Dae and Korea. It is my pleasure to meet Co-Chair Representative Young Kim again. I recall Co-Chair Representative Ami Bera came to Cheong Wa Dae in 2017 so this is your second vis...

Jul 09, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, Next to semiconductors, batteries are yet another source of pride for the Republic of Korea. These days, batteries enable us to overcome temporal and spatial limits. Storing immense amount of energy in small spaces, batteries are dramatically transforming our daily lives throu...

Jul 08, 2021