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
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting with OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann
(Unofficial Translation) I welcome Secretary-General Mathias Cormann on your visit to Korea and Cheong Wa Dae. I congratulate you once again on your election as the OECD Secretary-General – the first to hail from an Asia Pacific country. The Second Southeast Asia Regional Program Ministerial Conference of t...
Feb 09, 2022
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 7th Cabinet Meeting
(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 7th Cabinet Meeting. The presidential election is just a month away, and my Administration’s term will end in three months. As the situation has grown more serious due to the Omicron variant, the Government must fulfill its duty to protect the people’s lives b...
Feb 08, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in during COVID-19 Pandemic Meeting at Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters
(Unofficial Translation) I am personally presiding over today’s meeting to call for an all-out response to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant. As it has become the dominant coronavirus strain in Korea, we are seeing daily case counts break records every day. Amid this grave situation, it is difficult to ...
Feb 07, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in during Visit to Depot of Cairo Metro Line 3
(Unofficial Translation) Hyundai Rotem executives and employees, I am pleased to meet you all. In this faraway land and under the COVID-19 situation, all of you are working so hard. Your best efforts are greatly elevating the pride we have in the Republic of Korea. I came here because I wanted to offer my gratitude ...
Jan 21, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Korea-Egypt Business Roundtable for Future Green Industries
(Unofficial Translation) Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, business leaders from Egypt and Korea, ministers of both governments, I am glad to meet you all. Chairman Ali Helmyh Eissa of the Egyptian Businessmen’s Association and Chairman Ju Si-bo of the Korea-Egypt Economic Cooperation Council have worked har...
Jan 20, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Joint Press Conference Following Korea-Egypt Summit
(Unofficial Translation) I am deeply grateful to President El-Sisi and the people of Egypt for warmly welcoming me and my delegation. It is very meaningful that on my first trip to an African nation, I have become the first Korean President to visit Egypt in 16 years. As a cradle of ancient civilization, Egypt is...
Jan 20, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in during Visit to Riyadh Metro Construction Site
(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. I am very proud to see our Samsung C&T constructing a metro system, the backbone of public transit, in the center of Riyadh. I know how strenuous your work here is. I have scheduled this visit today in the hope that our people back in Korea will see for the...
Jan 19, 2022