Speeches & Remarks

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 1st Emergency Economic Council Meeting

(Unofficial Translation) The Government has unquestionably transitioned to emergency mode. The Emergency Economic Council will go into high gear from today. This Council will play the role of a cen…

March 19, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 1st Emergency Economic Council Meeting

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Roundtable with Principal Economic Players

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(Unofficial Translation) I’m glad to have you all here. We are in a grave situation with both infectious disease prevention and control and the economy. As the COVID-19 outbreak is p…

March 18, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Roundtable with Principal Economic Players

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 13th Cabinet Meeting

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(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 13th Cabinet Meeting. COVID-19 spreading into a global pandemic has not only brought infectious disease prevention and control frontlines around the wor…

March 17, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 13th Cabinet Meeting

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Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting to Discuss Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Countermeasures against COVID-19 Outbreaks in Seoul Metropolitan Area

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(Unofficial Translation) The number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases has decreased by a large margin across the country. The new confirmed case counts in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, which h…

March 16, 2020

Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting to Discuss Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Countermeasures against COVID-19 Outbreaks in Seoul Metropolitan Area

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Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Joint Commissioning Ceremony for New Police Inspectors and Senior Inspectors

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(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, our police officers, Today, 169 young police officers who will take responsibility for a safe Republic of Korea are to be newly commissioned. T…

March 12, 2020

Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Joint Commissioning Ceremony for New Police Inspectors and Senior Inspectors

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting with His Senior Secretaries

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(Unofficial Translation) The number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Korea has been steadily decreasing since the peak of 916 on February 28, posting 248 on March 8 yesterday. This trend shoul…

March 09, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting with His Senior Secretaries

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Message from President Moon Jae-in on International Women’s Day

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(Unofficial Translation) Today is International Women’s Day. We recall the slogan chanted in New York 112 years ago that called for enjoying the glory of life together. Even though we are …

March 08, 2020

Message from President Moon Jae-in on International Women’s Day

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Message from President Moon Jae-in on Joint Efforts to Overcome COVID-19 Outbreak

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(Unofficial Translation) “The earth has grown early spring cabbage, and the people have fostered hopes.” We are currently talking about “social distancing,” yet in our mi…

March 04, 2020

Message from President Moon Jae-in on Joint Efforts to Overcome COVID-19 Outbreak

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Address by President Moon Jae-in at 68th Commencement and Commissioning Ceremony for Republic of Korea Air Force Academy

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(Unofficial Translation) Cadets of the 68th class of the Republic of Korea Air Force Academy, I congratulate you on your graduation and commissioning. Despite this grave and difficult situation,…

March 04, 2020

Address by President Moon Jae-in at 68th Commencement and Commissioning Ceremony for Republic of Korea Air Force Academy

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 9th Cabinet Meeting

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(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 9th Cabinet Meeting. Today’s Cabinet Meeting has been convened as part of an expanded meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures H…

March 03, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 9th Cabinet Meeting