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(Unofficial Translation) Thank you, President Biden. It is very meaningful for me that President Biden extended an invitation to join this ceremony to award the Medal of Honor to retired Colonel Ralph Puckett Jr. I was told that this is the first time for a foreign head of state to attend a Medal of Honor presentation...

May 22, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) I am grateful to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo for arranging this invaluable meeting. Leaders from America’s cutting-edge businesses and Korea’s global manufacturers have been brought together. Just seeing you here brings new hope. In the same way that friendship shines ...

May 21, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) “This is May which never dwells on the past or today.” May in Gwangju has come around again. The way to the May 18th National Cemetery and Mangweol-dong Cemetery must be lined with white blossoms from the ipap namu, or fringetrees, that look like cooked rice. A citizen army, ri...

May 18, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) I am very glad to see the new leadership of our ruling party. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Chairperson Song Young-gil, Floor Leader Yun Ho-jung and other Supreme Council members on your elections as the party’s new leaders. Your shoulders are surely burdened by the heavy resp...

May 14, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, The global semiconductor market is experiencing a period of seismic changes. The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the transition to a contact-free, digital economy. Such Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies as IoT and artificial intelligence are rapidly growing. In step...

May 13, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, My term in office will end in a year. This is typically the time to think about how to bring things to a close. However, I feel the remaining one year is more important than any part of the past four years. We are still in a crisis, and the people are unable to return to thei...

May 10, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans and citizens of Ulsan, Since far-off prehistoric times, the sea has been an integral part of life for this region. During the Three Kingdoms period, Ulsan served as a gateway for trade ships coming and going. From the 1970s when Korea’s first maritime industrial complex ...

May 06, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Even though disease control authorities and respective ministries and agencies have been working hard, a special meeting to check epidemic prevention and control has been convened again in just three weeks. It aims to further enhance government-wide response levels regarding anti-epidemic meas...

May 03, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Good afternoon, everyone. The ceremony to mark completion of the Gwangju Global Motors plant is finally being held today. Looking back at the time and effort spent on this project so far, the citizens of Gwangju must truly be overwhelmed and bursting with pride. This finished vehicle assembl...

Apr 29, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 18th Cabinet Meeting. The advance GDP estimate for the first quarter released today by the Bank of Korea shows that our economy in the first three months of this year has already surpassed its pre-COVID-19 state. This quarterly growth rate beats the expectations of internati...

Apr 27, 2021