(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the first Cabinet Meeting of 2021. We start the new year with a heavy and tremendous sense of responsibility. This year, we will undoubtedly overcome COVID-19 as soon as possible and bring normal life back to the people. We will make 2021 a year to leap forward as a leading n...

Jan 05, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, I am visiting a train station for my first official tour in the New Year of the White Ox. Wonju Station is still largely empty as COVID-19 has deprived us of once routine activities. This year, for sure, we will restore our daily lives and encounter a new Republic of Kore...

Jan 04, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 63rd Cabinet Meeting. This is going to be the year’s last Cabinet Meeting. The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented crises throughout the year. All the public officials dedicated to overcoming these crises have been working extremely hard. However, ou...

Dec 29, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) This is going to be the year’s last meeting with senior secretaries to the President at Cheong Wa Dae. My Administration will enter its fifth year next year. At a time when we may become a bit lax, the Government will pull itself together and attend to state affairs with even more extr...

Dec 28, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. This is the fifth time that I’ve invited the five heads of our constitutional institutions to Cheong Wa Dae. Today, the National Election Commission’s new Chairperson Noh Jeong-hee joins us for the first time. I’d like to welcome and congratulate...

Dec 22, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. Today, we are holding the 3rd Plenary Session of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology. This year, 18 new members from the private sector have been appointed to the PACST, and eight of them are women. I have very high expectations for the n...

Dec 21, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. We have had an unprecedented situation throughout this year due to COVID-19. Medical professionals and disease control agencies and their staff have had immense hardships – as well as our people who have endured inconveniences as the principal agents of epide...

Dec 17, 2020

Let me begin the 61st Cabinet Meeting. The reform laws laboriously legislated by the National Assembly for law-enforcement agencies – the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, the police and the National Intelligence Agency – will be promulgated after today’s Cabinet Meeting. ...

Dec 15, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) In connection with today’s agenda, Senior Research Fellow Chang Jiyeun of the Korea Labor Institute is joining us as an outside expert. Please greet her with applause. Thank you for being with us. The COVID-19 crisis has made the final stretches of the year much more difficult. It i...

Dec 14, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, Throughout this year, everyone has struggled really hard. I extend my sympathy to all of those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 and patients who are battling the virus at this moment. My heartfelt respect goes out to everyone who has joined forces for epidemic prevent...

Dec 10, 2020