Speeches & Remarks

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting to Check Measures against New Coronavirus Infections

(Unofficial Translation) Today’s meeting has been convened to comprehensively check and discuss measures against new coronavirus infections. Mayors and provincial governors are also participa…

January 30, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Meeting to Check Measures against New Coronavirus Infections

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Annual Briefings by Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs

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(Unofficial translation) I am glad to meet you all. Today’s briefings by the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs regarding their undertakings are be…

January 21, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Annual Briefings by Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 3rd Cabinet Meeting

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(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 3rd Cabinet Meeting. During the first Cabinet Meeting of the New Year, the act establishing an agency to investigate corruption involving high-level off…

January 21, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at 3rd Cabinet Meeting

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

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(Unofficial Translation) Lunar New Year comes earlier than usual this year. Marking one of Korea’s most important traditional holidays, I hope everyone’s family will be suffused with pe…

January 20, 2020

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

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Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Annual Briefings by Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea Communications Commission

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(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Communications Commission will start the first presidential briefings of the New Year where go…

January 16, 2020

Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Annual Briefings by Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea Communications Commission

Economic Policies

Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Investment Agreement Signing Ceremony with GS E&C in Gyeongbuk Special Regulation-Free Zone in Pohang

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(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, citizens of Pohang, I am still laden with regret because the aftermath of the Pohang earthquake has not been completely resolved. Fortunately, the …

January 09, 2020

Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Investment Agreement Signing Ceremony with GS E&C in Gyeongbuk Special Regulation-Free Zone in Pohang

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2020 New Year’s Address by President Moon Jae-in

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(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, The New Year, the Year of the White Rat, has dawned. We rang out the significant past year that marked the centennial of the March First Indepen…

January 07, 2020

2020 New Year’s Address by President Moon Jae-in

Economic Policies

Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Eco-friendly Automobile Export Port

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(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, I’m visiting the automobile terminal of Pyeongtaek-Dangjin Port as the first stop on my economic tour in this new Year of the White Rat. Desp…

January 03, 2020

Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Eco-friendly Automobile Export Port

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Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at New Year’s Gathering with Business and Social Leaders

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(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, distinguished guests, I wish you all happy New Year. Following the year that marked the 100th anniversary of the March First Independence Moveme…

January 02, 2020

Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at New Year’s Gathering with Business and Social Leaders

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

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(Unofficial Translation) The year 2019 is drawing to a close. I thank all Koreans for their hard work and extend my profound respect and gratitude. It has been a rewarding year, one when we&rs…

December 30, 2019

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