Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 11th Cabinet Meeting
(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 11th Cabinet Meeting. Tomorrow is Korea’s 20th presidential election day. This will be the time for the people to select the President who will administer state affairs for the next five years. I ask everyone to vote with the mindset of choosing the destiny and futu...
Mar 08, 2022
Address by President Moon Jae-in on 103rd March First Independence Movement Day
(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans and compatriots abroad, The 103rd March First Independence Movement Day ceremony is being held in conjunction with the opening of the National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government that finally stands tall by the side of the people. I am filled with very deep emoti...
Mar 01, 2022
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Commencement and Commissioning Ceremony for 57th Graduating Class of Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon
(Unofficial Translation) The 57th graduating cadets, the “White Qilin,” of the Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon, I have become the first President in 12 years to visit the Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon to give encouragement to you who have achieved astounding accomplishments. All of you have been ...
Feb 28, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Signing Ceremony for Reoperation of Gunsan Shipyard
(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, residents of Jeollabuk-do Province, citizens of Gunsan, My heart is truly filled with emotions today. Governor Song Ha-jin and Mayor Kang Im-june might feel the same way. Gunsan has come to embrace a spring of recovery and a leap forward. It has been five years since Jeol...
Feb 24, 2022
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 9th Cabinet Meeting
(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 9th Cabinet Meeting. The situation in Ukraine is escalating into a serious crisis. Relevant ministries and agencies should swiftly and thoroughly cope with it by carefully monitoring our national security, the safety of Korean nationals there and the economic impact. I a...
Feb 22, 2022
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting with His Senior Secretaries
(Unofficial Translation) The agenda item for today’s meeting is the welfare state. Here with us for presentations and discussions are three outside experts – President Lee Tae-soo of the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Professor Kim Yeon-myung from Chung-Ang University’s School of So...
Feb 21, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in during Dialogue with Foreign-Invested Companies
(Unofficial Translation) Good morning everyone. I am glad to meet you all. Foreign-invested companies are the Korean economy’s invaluable partners. The number of foreign-invested businesses currently operating here is around 16,000. Our country has been able to become one of the world’s top 10 economic p...
Feb 17, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Economic and Security Strategy Meeting on International Issues
(Unofficial Translation) “Economic security” is the key topic of the rapidly changing international economic order. Trade tensions and competition to achieve technological supremacy are intensifying with the strengthening of state-centered nationalism. Major countries around the world are competing in earnest to reo...
Feb 14, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Luncheon with Wards of State Who Have Come of Age and Are Preparing to Stand on Their Own
(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet this group of “young adults about to become independent” who have been volunteering as “Pinwheel Supporters.” We are joined by others who have provided support to these young people. Thank you. Children protected in welfare facilities and those comin...
Feb 10, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son of Viet Nam
(Unofficial Translation) I welcome Minister of Foreign Affairs Son to Korea and Cheong Wa Dae. I wish success for the Second Southeast Asia Regional Program Ministerial Conference of the OECD set to begin this afternoon. I am grateful to Viet Nam, the next Co-Chair of the SEARP Steering Group, for sending a senior-l...
Feb 09, 2022