(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, citizens of Ulsan, Busan and Daegu, residents of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, To wrap up my visits to economic policy-related locations this year, I have come to Taehwagang Station in Ulsan. By opening four railroads in Korea’s southeastern region today, Taehwagang ...

Dec 28, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. Today, we have brought together business leaders from the six companies that have participated in the Hope for Youth Project. These six business leaders have promised to create some 180,000 jobs for young people and provide support for education, training and start...

Dec 27, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 55th Cabinet Meeting. Time has slipped by and we are now only ten days away from the end of this year. It is regrettable that, following last year, we must yet again have a difficult year-end due to COVID-19. I am grateful to the people and medical professionals who have ...

Dec 21, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) It is good to see everyone. The National Economic Advisory Council’s private sector members are here as we hold this briefing on the direction of next year’s economic policy – the last under my Administration. In retrospect, my term has been punctuated by one crisis afte...

Dec 20, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Your Excellency President Mirziyoyev – who seems almost like a brother – I welcome you and the Uzbek delegation to Seoul. My first summit of this year started via a videoconference in January, and the last one this year is a face-to-face meeting with you. It is very meaningful...

Dec 17, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) I am happy to see everyone. Chairman Simon Crean of the Australia-Korea Business Council and business leaders spearheading Australia’s mineral industry, I am pleased to meet you all. The most vibrant trade between Australia and Korea is taking place in the mineral industry. Korea is the t...

Dec 14, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable Korean War veterans, relatives of fallen heroes, distinguished guests, I am very overwhelmed with emotions as I can meet Korean War veterans and the families of fallen heroes in Australia in this meaningful year that marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean War’s Battle of...

Dec 13, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Thank you, Prime Minister Morrison and members of the Australian delegation. I am deeply grateful to all of you for extending your first invitation since the outbreak of COVID-19 to us and for warmly greeting me and my delegation out of your extraordinary friendship with Korea. Through th...

Dec 13, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Prime Minister Morrison, I am deeply grateful to you for your extraordinary hospitality. I am the first state guest invited to Australia since the COVID-19 outbreak, and our two countries have forged closer cooperative relations today. I believe that this will become an immense present f...

Dec 13, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable President Biden, Your Excellencies, I would like to express my special solidarity with and respect for my fellow leaders, who are working very hard for a return to normal. Although the new Omicron variant is spreading, we will surely surmount the COVID-19 crisis together. As a...

Dec 11, 2021