Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at the Joint Press Conference Following the 7th Korea-Japan-China Summit
I am deeply grateful to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the people of Japan for making their best efforts to arrange this summit and warmly welcoming both the Korean and Chinese delegations. Our three countries are the closest neighbors historically, geographically and culturally. We are also the most important partners...
May 09, 2018
Labor Day Message from President Moon Jae-in
The value and dignity of labor is our own value and dignityMay 1, 2018 Labor is noble. Black oil under the nails of the father sustains life. Dirt under the nails of the mother grows crops of hope. The Republic of Korea has come this far thanks to such hard-working people. Every benefit of growth should also be for wo...
May 01, 2018
Welcoming Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Dinner for the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong Un, Lady Ri Sol Ju, distinguished guests, Tonight the whole world is paying attention to us. Even though our shoulders were heavy with the sense of a historic mission, it was a very rewarding day, indeed. There is a North Korean proverb that goes, “A person who eats a...
Apr 27, 2018
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in Following Signing of the Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula
Fellow Koreans in South and North Korea and overseas compatriots,Chairman Kim Jong Un and I reached a crucial agreement after holding a historic meeting in accordance with the aspirations of the 80 million Korean people who wish for peace.We declared that there will be no more war on the Korean Peninsula and thus a new...
Apr 27, 2018
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at a Memorial Ceremony in Honor of Victims of the Jeju April 3 Incident
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at a Memorial Ceremony in Honor of Victims of the Jeju April 3 Incident April 3, 2018 The surviving victims and bereaved families of the Jeju April 3 Incident; citizens of Jeju Province, You have asked over the past 70 years whether there would be spring in this land of J...
Apr 03, 2018
Statement by President Moon Jae-in on a Promised U.S.-North Korea Summit
I have been informed that President Donald J. Trump will meet Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea by May.The two leaders’ meeting following the inter-Korean summit will put the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula finally on track and will be remembered as a historic milesto...
Mar 09, 2018
Address by President Moon Jae-in on the 99th March First Independence Movement Day
March 1, 2018 My fellow Koreans, overseas compatriots, Today marks the 99th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement. It is still in our hearts at this moment as a vivid and living memory. Each and every brick of Seodaemun Prison is etched with noble stories of defiance in the face of hardship and death...
Mar 01, 2018
Commencement Speech by President Moon Jae-in at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
-Science and Life: From ‘I’ to ‘We’, toward a Community of Co-prosperity-February 12, 2018 Congratulations everyone, More than anything else, I wholeheartedly congratulate all the graduates of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) on the commencement of a new stage in your lives. My gratitude ...
Feb 12, 2018
Welcoming Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Reception on the Occasion of the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games
Your Excellencies and distinguished guests from both home and abroad, I wholeheartedly welcome you to Pyeongchang here in Gangwon Province, the Republic of Korea. The PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games will be opening in a short while. A festival of peace for people around the world is about to begin. On behalf of the Ko...
Feb 09, 2018
President Moon's opening remarks at the New Year press conference
Fellow Koreans, Every single day over the past year, it has hit home that the ordinary citizen is the greatest force in our society. On the plaza where the candlelight rallies took place, I could see each and every ordinary citizen rather than the crowd. It dawned on me that a legacy carried on from a mother to...
Jan 10, 2018