Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at UAE-Korea Business Roundtable on Hydrogen Partnership
(Unofficial Translation) Business leaders from the United Arab Emirates and Korea, distinguished guests, I am glad to meet you all. Today, the main players in our two economies have been brought together to seek bilateral cooperation in the hydrogen industry. This industry is key to achieving carbon neutrality. It, ...
Jan 16, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 1st Central and Local Government Cooperation Meeting
(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the first Central and Local Government Cooperation Meeting. The era of autonomy and decentralization 2.0 has begun. The overhauled Local Autonomy Act as well as five laws to strengthen autonomy and decentralization will come into force all at once from today. Thanks to ma...
Jan 13, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Luncheon Meeting with Religious Leaders
(Unofficial Translation) Having rung in a new year, we have invited our religious leaders to Cheong Wa Dae. I wish you all a Happy New Year. We are joined by President Wonhaeng of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, President Ryu Yeong-mo of the United Christian Churches of Korea, General Secretary Lee Hong-jung ...
Jan 12, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Groundbreaking Ceremony for LG BCM Plant in Gumi as Part of Job Creation Program
(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, residents of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and citizens of Gumi, At last, a job-creation program is getting off to a vigorous start in Gumi today with this plant’s groundbreaking ceremony. It comes two and a half years after LG Chem and the region’s labor, manageme...
Jan 11, 2022
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting with His Senior Secretaries
(Unofficial Translation) Thanks to proactive cooperation from the people and the medical community, the spread of COVID-19 continues to abate, and various epidemic prevention and control-related indices are improving markedly. Our people have actively cooperated with the Government’s anti-epidemic measures, an...
Jan 10, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Groundbreaking Ceremony for Gangneung-Jejin Section of Donghae Line
(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, residents of Gangwon-do Province and Goseong-gun County, I have come to Gangwon-do for my first official tour in the New Year, 2022. It is a great pleasure to start off this New Year with welcome news. At last, we are about to break ground with the first shovel load of ...
Jan 05, 2022
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 1st Cabinet Meeting
(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the first Cabinet Meeting. This is the first Cabinet Meeting of the New Year, 2022. There are four months left before the end of my term. Paradoxically, this is when we have to be more vigilant than ever. The current situation also requires us to raise our state of alertness...
Jan 04, 2022
2022 New Year’s Address by President Moon Jae-in
(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, We stand again on the starting line of a New Year. At the center of a tumultuous period in world history, we ring in the year 2022 with firm optimism. I wish everyone a happy New Year and a year to make yet another leap forward, inspired by the tiger’s vigorous energy. ...
Jan 03, 2022
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Dedication Ceremony for Kongju National University Special School
(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. I am standing here with a very joyful heart. I thought about how special needs students and their parents must be more pleased than anyone. I wanted to extend my immense gratitude to all of those who have worked hard to establish a special education school after re...
Dec 29, 2021
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Opening of Four Interurban Railroads in Korea’s Southeastern Region
(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