(Unofficial Translation) The world is now mired in three unprecedented predicaments caused by abnormal weather conditions coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Amid these hardships, the Government is working closely with the people to weather the crisis. We have been seen as setting a standard fo...

Aug 10, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) A few days ago, the Government dispatched two military aircraft to Iraq and brought back home 293 Korean construction workers. It was a step taken to protect the lives and safety of our people as the spread of COVID-19 is very serious in Iraq. Among them, 76 workers tested positive, resultin...

Jul 27, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Korean citizens living abroad, ethnic Koreans overseas, it is good to see you all. Every time I meet you while traveling overseas, I have been moved and gained immense encouragement. I am very glad to greet you all via videoconferencing today. When Korea was struggling with the COVID-19 o...

Jul 24, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) It’s good to see you all. The Agency for Defense Development marks its 50th anniversary next month. Congratulations! It is very meaningful for me to visit ADD’s Daejeon headquarters, which spearheads our cutting-edge, scientific advances in national defense. Immediately after I took office, ...

Jul 23, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 37th Cabinet Meeting. Today’s gathering has been convened a bit early because the Cabinet members are scheduled to go to the National Assembly. The Korean New Deal initiative contains our determination to shift the metropolitan Seoul-centered axis of national development ...

Jul 21, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Today, we are joined by Chairman Kim Sa-yeol of the Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development and President Kang Hyun-Soo of the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements. Thank you. In order to emerge from the severe economic downturns caused by COVID-19, many countri...

Jul 20, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans and residents of Buan, Gochang and Jeollabuk-do Province, Whenever I visit Jeollabuk-do, I come to admire its beautiful and lush nature. Now, it’s all the more refreshing with a view of the wind farm off the province’s southwestern shore from a ship in the middle of the se...

Jul 17, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, The Honorable Speaker Park Byung-seok, The Honorable Deputy Speaker Kim Sang-hee, Distinguished Members of the National Assembly, Together with the people, I would like to offer my congratulations on the opening of the 21st National Assembly. It has been a bumpy ride jus...

Jul 16, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, We are fighting an endless war against a virus. However, our people know how to keep the enemy from winning. The safety rules that they practice in their daily lives are the best vaccine against the virus. Korea is overcoming the COVID-19 crisis in an exemplary manner. ...

Jul 14, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. Japan’s unwarranted export restrictions have been continuing for over a year. There were concerns that those measures would strike a hard blow to our economy. However, the Government, businesses and researchers have joined forces, and the private and public sect...

Jul 09, 2020