(Unofficial Translation) IACC Council Chair Huguette Labelle and delegation members, I am glad to meet you and welcome you all to Korea. I have high regard for Chair Labelle and the IACC’s efforts to make a corruption-free world and organize relevant action plans. I hope that this visit to Korea by Chair L...

Feb 05, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 5th Cabinet Meeting. Today’s Cabinet Meeting is mainly for responding to the novel coronavirus. The need for close cooperation and coordination between central and local governments is integral to containing the spread of this infectious disease in local communities...

Feb 04, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Today’s meeting has been convened to comprehensively check and discuss measures against new coronavirus infections. Mayors and provincial governors are also participating via video conferencing. Thank you for joining us. I urge the central and local governments to closely communicate a...

Jan 30, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Chairman Ban Ki-moon and members of the National Council on Climate Change and Air Quality, citizens taking part in the public committee deliberating fine dust policies, It is my pleasure to meet you all. I am truly grateful to you for your dedication and hard work to come up with a ...

Dec 03, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Fellow Koreans, Saemaul leaders and distinguished guests, Beneath the foundation of today’s Republic of Korea is the Saemaul Undong. The Saemaul Undong, a movement involving sharing and selfless service, is the modern incarnation of Korea’s traditional spirit of cooperatio...

Oct 29, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Fellow Koreans and the main architects of the Republic of Korea’s artificial intelligence development, At 3:40 a.m. one early morning in May this year, an elderly man called out “help me” to an AI speaker as he collapsed from high blood pressure. The virtual assistant recognized his shout...

Oct 28, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Upholding the value of fairness in education is the people’s desperate demand. The Government must take it to heart. Our education system faces a crisis of trust. There is a growing sense of loss among the public with education now seen as having been reduced to a means for parents to ...

Oct 25, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Fellow Koreans and Gunsan citizens, I have come to Gunsan with very good news. There has been a lot of concern locally and in the Government over Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard halting operation and GM Korea closing its plant here. Today, a mutually beneficial Gunsan-type jobs ...

Oct 24, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Fellow Koreans, the Honorable Speaker and distinguished members of the National Assembly, Today, to the people and the National Assembly, I would like to explain the accomplishments of fiscal operations over the past two and a half years as well as the Government’s budget proposal f...

Oct 22, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Fellow Koreans, citizens of Changwon, Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do Province, The anniversary of the Busan-Masan Democratic Protests was designated a national commemorative day last September, and the first government-organized ceremony for the anniversary is being held today after 40 years...

Oct 16, 2019