Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at the Korea-India Business Forum
Chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry Rashesh Shah, Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Park Yong-man, distinguished business leaders of Korea and India, Namaste! I am pleased to meet you all. My visit to India reminds me of Ladakh where I went trekking 20 years ago...
Jul 09, 2018
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at a Meeting with Presidential Senior Secretaries to Discuss New Working Hour Regulations
July 2, 2018 A life with shorter working hours began yesterday. This will be an important milestone in moving on from being an overworked society to becoming one that values a balance between work and family time. In addition, as seen from examples of other countries such as Germany, reduced working time is the most s...
Jul 02, 2018
Message from President Moon Jae-in for the Ceremony Honoring the United Nations Korean War Veterans
Sixty-eight years ago, countless young people in 21 countries opened an atlas. They searched for Korea that was engulfed by the dark clouds of war. They left their families with a promise they would certainly return and tightened their bootstraps.What these brave young people harbored in their hearts was a sense of hum...
Jun 26, 2018
Address by President Moon Jae-in at the State Duma of Russia
June 21, 2018Distinguished people of Russia, the Honorable Chairman Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin and members of the State Duma,On my flight to Moscow, I pondered over the reverence human beings have for the vast earth. It came to my mind how that reverence enabled Russians to understand nature and human beings in mor...
Jun 22, 2018
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at the National Security Council Meeting
June 14, 2018 I am filled with deep emotion now that the historic North Korea-United States summit has been successfully held. Finally, it will be possible for us to remove the dark cloud of the Cold War that has cast a shadow over the Korean Peninsula and make vigorous strides in earnest toward the resolution of the N...
Jun 14, 2018
Statement by President Moon Jae-in on the North Korea-U.S. Summit
Statement by President Moon Jae-in on the North Korea-U.S. SummitJune 12, 2018 (Unofficial translation) I offer my heartfelt congratulations and welcome the success of the historic North Korea-United States summit.When I met with Chairman Kim Jong Un at House of Unification (Tongilgak) in Panmunjeom on May 26, and whe...
Jun 12, 2018
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at a Meeting with Presidential Senior Secretaries
June 11, 2018 The North Korea-U.S. Summit that the entire world has been looking forward to will be held tomorrow at long last. Now the meeting of the century between the two leaders is about to take place. I expect it to become a historic milestone on the path toward peace away from war. I hope a significant ...
Jun 11, 2018
Address by President Moon Jae-in on the May 26 Inter-Korean Summit
May 27, 2018 Fellow Koreans, Yesterday afternoon, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong Un and I held the second inter-Korean summit at Tongilgak on the northern side of Panmunjeom. It has been exactly one month since the first summit was held at Peace House on the southern side of Panmunjeom on April 27. ...
May 27, 2018
Message from President Moon Jae-in on the 38th Anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement
May 18, 2018We will begin again unveiling the history of truth by taking care of each and every woman who was trampled on. Today marks the 38th anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement. It has been a long time?longer than one generation. It was a time of suffering and bloodshed in the effort to achiev...
May 18, 2018
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at a Meeting with Senior Secretaries to the President at Cheong Wa Dae
I praise and welcome the decision by North Korea to transparently disclose to the international community the dismantlement of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, along with the recent release of American detainees. There are three meaningful aspects to the test site decision:First, it holds high significance as an early...
May 14, 2018