Address by President Moon Jae-in on the May 26 Inter-Korean Summit
May 27, 2018 Fellow Koreans, Yesterday afternoon, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong Un and I held the second inter-Korean summit at Tongilgak on the northern side of Panmunjeom. It has been exactly one month since the first summit was held at Peace House on the southern side of Panmunjeom on April 27. ...
May 27, 2018
Message from President Moon Jae-in on the 38th Anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement
May 18, 2018We will begin again unveiling the history of truth by taking care of each and every woman who was trampled on. Today marks the 38th anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement. It has been a long time?longer than one generation. It was a time of suffering and bloodshed in the effort to achiev...
May 18, 2018
Opening Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at a Meeting with Senior Secretaries to the President at Cheong Wa Dae
I praise and welcome the decision by North Korea to transparently disclose to the international community the dismantlement of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, along with the recent release of American detainees. There are three meaningful aspects to the test site decision:First, it holds high significance as an early...
May 14, 2018
Message from President Moon Jae-in Marking the First Anniversary of His Inauguration
“As always, I will go together with the people.”Here comes May again. I recollect the past year of the Republic of Korea and the year as President. It was truly an event-filled year.It was the year we strived to rectify long-running evils and create a properly functioning country. It was the year we strived to firmly u...
May 10, 2018
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at the Joint Press Conference Following the 7th Korea-Japan-China Summit
I am deeply grateful to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the people of Japan for making their best efforts to arrange this summit and warmly welcoming both the Korean and Chinese delegations. Our three countries are the closest neighbors historically, geographically and culturally. We are also the most important partners...
May 09, 2018
Labor Day Message from President Moon Jae-in
The value and dignity of labor is our own value and dignityMay 1, 2018 Labor is noble. Black oil under the nails of the father sustains life. Dirt under the nails of the mother grows crops of hope. The Republic of Korea has come this far thanks to such hard-working people. Every benefit of growth should also be for wo...
May 01, 2018
Welcoming Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at Dinner for the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong Un, Lady Ri Sol Ju, distinguished guests, Tonight the whole world is paying attention to us. Even though our shoulders were heavy with the sense of a historic mission, it was a very rewarding day, indeed. There is a North Korean proverb that goes, “A person who eats a...
Apr 27, 2018
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in Following Signing of the Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula
Fellow Koreans in South and North Korea and overseas compatriots,Chairman Kim Jong Un and I reached a crucial agreement after holding a historic meeting in accordance with the aspirations of the 80 million Korean people who wish for peace.We declared that there will be no more war on the Korean Peninsula and thus a new...
Apr 27, 2018
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at a Memorial Ceremony in Honor of Victims of the Jeju April 3 Incident
Remarks by President Moon Jae-in at a Memorial Ceremony in Honor of Victims of the Jeju April 3 Incident April 3, 2018 The surviving victims and bereaved families of the Jeju April 3 Incident; citizens of Jeju Province, You have asked over the past 70 years whether there would be spring in this land of J...
Apr 03, 2018
Statement by President Moon Jae-in on a Promised U.S.-North Korea Summit
I have been informed that President Donald J. Trump will meet Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea by May.The two leaders’ meeting following the inter-Korean summit will put the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula finally on track and will be remembered as a historic milesto...
Mar 09, 2018