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(Unofficial Translation) Your Excellencies, I am glad to see you all. I am pleased to discuss our joint response to COVID-19 and post-2020 vision of APEC. I would like to extend my gratitude to the people of Malaysia and the Right Honorable Prime Minister Muhyiddin for preparing this meeting in these challenging tim...

Nov 20, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, Incheon citizens, I have come to Songdo again for the second time in less than a month. In the last visit, we presented our strategy to spearhead the era of smart cities. Today, we are announcing a biohealth industry development strategy. Songdo is at the forefront of the Re...

Nov 18, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 57th Cabinet Meeting. Last week, we marked the 50th anniversary of the death of martyred labor activist Chun Tae-il and revisited the importance of respecting labor. We have taken one step at a time toward a society that respects labor through progress in the labor movement ...

Nov 17, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am pleased to meet you all. It is very reassuring to see many from the ruling party joining us today. In April when we were in the throes of the COVID-19 crisis, I unveiled an initiative to implement the Korean New Deal as a national development strategy. The announcement reflected our stro...

Nov 16, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Chair, Excellencies, In particular, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Prime Minister Suga of Japan. The 1997 East Asian financial crisis gave us an invaluable experience. We learned that one country’s crisis became its neighbor’s crisis, and we realized how important...

Nov 14, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) It’s a great pleasure to meet you all. Last year in Busan, we committed to the 2nd Mekong-ROK Summit, and I am very pleased that today the promise has been kept. I would like to extend my gratitude to Prime Minister Phuc for successfully organizing the 2nd Mekong-ROK Summit. I wish go...

Nov 13, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable chair, Your Majesty, and Excellencies, Today, we are making our utmost efforts to protect the health of our people and the economy against COVID-19. I find it very fortunate that the ASEAN-ROK Summit is held at a time when we are in need of closer solidarity and cooperation. I&rsquo...

Nov 12, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans and farmers, Everyone has been working very hard this year. Farms might have suffered indescribable damage to a full range of crops – vegetables, flowers and fruit – due to school lunch programs being halted and other events impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as the unp...

Nov 11, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I extend my congratulations, together with the Korean people, to U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden on his election. I hope that President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris will unite the United States and lead a successful administration. As a friend like no other and a reliable ...

Nov 09, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, the 150,000 career firefighters across the country and volunteer firefighters, Today marks the first Fire Service Day since all career firefighters have been reclassified as civil servants under the central Government. It is especially meaningful to hold this ceremony here at...

Nov 06, 2020