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(Unofficial Translation) Today, we have three outside experts from the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning joining us to discuss items on the agenda – Commission Chairman Cho Dae-yeop, the head of its Support Group for Administrative Tasks Yun Tae-beom and the head of its Research Group for Future Policie...

Apr 26, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable President Biden, Your Excellencies, This evening, on Earth Day, the Korean people turned their lights off for ten minutes and heeded the whispers of the earth. I hope that the warm support of Koreans will reach out to all the countries that are in the fight against climate change t...

Apr 22, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Today, two outside experts – Vice President Kang Yong-seong of the Korea Software Industry Association and President Moon Yong-sik of the National Information Society Agency – are joining us to discuss items on the agenda. Please welcome them with a round of applause. Newly appoint...

Apr 19, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Good afternoon, everyone. We have to make our economy recover and take off at the same time. Today’s expanded meeting with economy-related minsters has been arranged with a view to further reinforcing cooperation among businesses as well as between businesses and the Government to expe...

Apr 15, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 16th Cabinet Meeting. The Government should attend to state affairs unwaveringly with an attitude of assuming full responsibility for the people. There must not be even the slightest moment of negligence with regard to epidemic prevention and control, the economy, people&rsqu...

Apr 13, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) This special meeting on epidemic prevention and control has been urgently convened to closely assess the current state of vaccine procurement, inoculations and disease fighting measures as well as to enhance the level of government-wide responses. The recent spread of COVID-19 around the worl...

Apr 12, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, relevant military personnel and aviation industry professionals, distinguished guests from home and abroad, Today is a special day. The commanding presence of the “KF-21” – the prototype of the next-generation, independently developed Korean fighter jet – has finally been unve...

Apr 09, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Two outside experts – President Kang Sam-kwon of the Korea Venture Business Association and Chairman Ji Seong-bae of the Korean Venture Capital Association – are participating in today’s meeting to discuss items on the agenda. Please welcome them with a round of applause. Tha...

Apr 05, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, surviving victims and bereaved families of the 1948 Jeju April 3 Incident, residents of Jeju-do Province, On this memorial day to honor the victims 73 years after the April 3 Incident, spring rain is falling across Jeju Island. I am standing here with a sincere wish that the ...

Apr 03, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, distinguished business and industry professionals, Spring, a harbinger of recovery and resurgence, has come. The economy that has been frozen due to the COVID-19 crisis is now ready to thaw and flow vigorously yet again. I congratulate you on this 48th Commerce and Industry D...

Mar 31, 2021