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Let me begin the 61st Cabinet Meeting. The reform laws laboriously legislated by the National Assembly for law-enforcement agencies – the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, the police and the National Intelligence Agency – will be promulgated after today’s Cabinet Meeting. Th...

Dec 15, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) In connection with today’s agenda, Senior Research Fellow Chang Jiyeun of the Korea Labor Institute is joining us as an outside expert. Please greet her with applause. Thank you for being with us. The COVID-19 crisis has made the final stretches of the year much more difficult. It is de...

Dec 14, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, Throughout this year, everyone has struggled really hard. I extend my sympathy to all of those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 and patients who are battling the virus at this moment. My heartfelt respect goes out to everyone who has joined forces for epidemic prevention ...

Dec 10, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) “Going Further Together” Fellow Koreans, distinguished international trading professionals, This year has been hard for everyone. International commodity traders have also suffered many difficulties under unprecedented circumstances. As the entire world slid into recession simultaneously,...

Dec 08, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) In just two weeks, after raising the social distancing level on November 19 and again on November 24, we are elevating it once more for the Seoul metropolitan area to Level 2.5. This decision is based on the judgement that the enhanced levels of social distancing and epidemic prevention measur...

Dec 07, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 59th Cabinet Meeting. The preliminary third quarter GDP growth rate of 2.1 percent announced today is higher than the advance estimate of 1.9 percent released in October. This figure indicates that the country’s economy is recovering faster than expected and the econom...

Dec 01, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) In connection with today’s agenda, we are joined by two guests from the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy. Please greet the Committee’s Vice Chairman Seo Hyung-soo and Head of the Secretariat Park Jin-gyeong with applause. The year 2020, which has been...

Nov 30, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Good morning, everyone. Climate crisis response is a matter of vital importance on which the survival and future of humanity hinges. Carbon neutrality by 2050 has become an irreversible dominant trend across the world. Over the next 30 years, humanity will embark on the great transformation of...

Nov 27, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, business leaders and specialists, The era of artificial intelligence is dawning. Machines that can learn and think like humans and computers that can infer and understand are already among us. Products like AlphaGo, though man-made, surpass human ability and blend into the fab...

Nov 25, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, Your Excellencies, Distinguished representatives of international organizations, I find it very meaningful that today’s event has been organized for us to share each one of our response to COVID-19. I’d like to express my gratitude to the Custodian of Two Holy ...

Nov 21, 2020