(Unofficial Translation) During the process of surmounting the COVID-19 pandemic, the police, the prosecution and the National Intelligence Service have been doing everything possible. The police and the prosecution have established a collaborative system with local governments and have been preemptively responding ...

Sep 21, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Respectful Fellow Koreans and young people, Today marks Korea’s first Youth Day. According to “the Framework Act on Young Adults,” the third Saturday in September of each year will be observed as the Youth Day, a day our young people have chosen themselves. We have d...

Sep 19, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) The COVID-19 situation has prevented us from meeting for a long time. We are joined by the Venerable Wonhaeng, President of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and Chair of the Association of Korean Buddhist Orders; the Venerable Mundeok, President of the Cheontae Order of Korean Buddhism and...

Sep 18, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, residents of Gyeongsangnam-do Province and Changwon City, We have to prevail over COVID-19 and, at the same time, preserve the economy. We have to achieve even greater prosperity with a new economy, not simply recover from the current difficulties. The Changwon National...

Sep 17, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) The Government has partially downgraded its epidemic prevention and control measures in the Seoul metropolitan area effective today. Under the premise that Level 2 social distancing will be maintained more strictly, the Government and experts – after compiling the opinions of people on...

Sep 14, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) I am glad to meet you all. KCDC, the acronym for the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has become the name most trusted and cherished by our people. I wholeheartedly congratulate you on the KCDC’s upgrade to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), a stan...

Sep 11, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) We have convened this 8th Emergency Economic Council meeting in order to protect the lives of our people who are facing severe economic hardships due to the resurgence of COVID-19. At today’s meeting, we will finalize the fourth supplementary budget proposal to be submitted to the Nati...

Sep 10, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Let me begin the 45th Cabinet Meeting. Today, we will make a decision on the government restructuring plan to upgrade the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and to establish a second vice minister post within t...

Sep 08, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Fellow Koreans, I find it incredibly meaningful to commemorate the first United Nations-designated International Day of Clean Air for blue skies today. It is the first UN international day initiated by the Republic of Korea, and subsequently adopted by consensus at the UN General Assembly...

Sep 07, 2020

(Unofficial Translation) Korea’s daily count of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, which had spiked to somewhere in the 400s, has stayed below 200 for five consecutive days and continues to fall. The spread of infections in the Seoul metropolitan area, the biggest cause for concern, has also dropped significantly. At t...

Sep 07, 2020