(Unofficial Translation) The Honorable Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International labor Organization, Distinguished Heads of States, and delegates of workers, employers and governments from all continents, I am grateful for ILO’s efforts to pursue a human-centered recovery from COVID-19 crisis, and f...

Jun 17, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) My visit to Europe is finally complete. The journey has been very demanding physically. However, as packed as the itinerary has been, much has been accomplished and I feel it has been very rewarding. Once again, I extend my gratitude to His Majesty King Felipe VI and Prime Minister S&aacu...

Jun 17, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. Tourism industry professionals and business leaders representing Korea and Spain, I am especially glad to meet all of you in Spain. I am deeply grateful to Spain’s Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Reyes Maroto, Korea’s Minister of Cultur...

Jun 17, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Your Majesty, President Faus and business leaders, It is my great pleasure to come to Barcelona, a city that has so much in common with my hometown Busan in Korea. I could sense how proud the President is of Barcelona from his remarks just before. I extend my congratulations on the 60t...

Jun 16, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Honorable people of Spain, President of the Senate Llop, President of the Congress of Deputies Batet and Members of Parliament, It is very meaningful for me to meet you all this year as it is the first of another 70 years for our two countries. I am deeply grateful to the two Presidents a...

Jun 16, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Your Excellency Prime Minister and business leaders from Spain and Korea, I am glad to meet you all. Today, Prime Minister Sánchez is sharing his valuable time with us at this forum which has brought together business leaders from both countries. Also joining us are President J...

Jun 16, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Your Majesties, distinguished guests, Buenas noches, good evening. I am very pleased to see Your Majesties again in Madrid after our meeting in Korea a year and eight months ago. It is such a great honor for me to be invited as the first state guest of Spain since the COVID-19 outbreak...

Jun 16, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Thank you everyone. Honorable Mayor Martínez-Almeida, the councillors joining us here and the citizens of Madrid, encantado, I am glad to meet you. It is my great pleasure to visit Madrid, the center of Spain – vibrant with the traditional and the modern as well as culture and the art...

Jun 16, 2021

(Unofficial Translation) Austria is the home of Marianne and Margaritha, two angels who cared for Hansen’s disease patients on Korea’s Sorokdo Island. The country is also the land of classical music, which produced such great composers loved by the Korean people as Mozart, Strauss and Schubert. It ha...

Jun 15, 2021

Grüßgott, Good day. I am grateful for the Mayor’s very warm welcome remarks. It is my great pleasure to visit Vienna, a center of politics, culture and religion in Europe and a city with a rich history and traditions. I appreciate Mayor and Governor Michael Ludwig and the City Council members for the w...

Jun 14, 2021