(Unofficial translation) AMCHAM Chairman of Board of Governors Jeffrey Jones and business leaders from foreign-invested companies, presidents of foreign chambers of commerce in Korea and officials of other associations and organizations, I am glad to meet you all. When foreign businesses invest in Korea, they are “ou...

Mar 28, 2019

(Unofficial translation) I wholeheartedly welcome Your Majesty to Korea. I am glad to see you again in Seoul five months after our meeting in Brussels last October. Your Majesty’s visit to Korea carries even greater significance because it is the first by a King of the Belgians in 27 years and the first state visit by ...

Mar 26, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Fellow Koreans, citizens of Daegu and distinguished guests, While commemorating the United Nations’ World Water Day, I am deeply grateful to all of those who have dedicated themselves to preserving and managing water. I also offer my heartfelt congratulations to everyone who has been honored w...

Mar 22, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Financial professionals and business leaders, I am glad to meet you all. On the night of December 31, 1879, 290 light bulbs lit up the American state of New Jersey. It was a historic moment as Thomas Edison unveiled his incandescent bulbs to the world. The acclaim was short-lived. Edison soon r...

Mar 21, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Let me begin the 11th Cabinet Meeting. I’ve returned from recent visits to three ASEAN member states as my first overseas tour of the year. Brunei, Malaysia and Cambodia are all important cooperation partners for the New Southern Policy. This policy is at the center of my Administration’s nati...

Mar 19, 2019

(Unofficial translation) I am glad to see Your Excellency, Prime Minister Hun Sen, again after we met in Singapore last November. I am grateful to you for extending a warm welcome to me and my delegation. I am pleased that Korea and Cambodia have advanced friendly and cooperative relations to a great extent over the pa...

Mar 15, 2019

(Unofficial translation)I am glad to see Your Excellency, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, again after our meeting in Singapore last November. I am truly grateful to you for the warm hospitality extended to me and my delegation. It is the first state visit to Malaysia by a Korean President in nine years and, for my par...

Mar 13, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Thank you. I am glad to see Your Majesty again after our meeting in Singapore last November. I am grateful to you for inviting me for this state visit and offering warm hospitality. I am very pleased to be able to make Brunei my first destination on overseas trips this year. Over the past 35 ye...

Mar 11, 2019

Next week, I will be making state visits to Brunei, Malaysia and Cambodia. I am very pleased that ASEAN member states will be the destination of my first overseas tour this year. I extend warm greetings of friendship from the citizens of the Republic of Korea to our ASEAN friends. ASEAN always reminds me of the sea tha...

Mar 07, 2019

(Unofficial translation) Startup leaders, I am glad to meet you all.“A nation of startups that promotes innovation” – this phrase sums up one of my Administration’s top administrative priorities. We have been concentrating policy capabilities on revitalizing the country’s venture ecosystem. Today is my fifth meeting wi...

Mar 06, 2019