Singapore Lecture
Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, Ambassador Chan Heng Chee, Director Choi Shing Kwok, Distinguished Guests, Good morning. It is a great pleasure to speak at the Singapore Lecture, a world-renowned platform for its prestige and tradition. I would like to begin by extending my sincere appreciation to ISEAS for or...
Oct 09, 2024
Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Joint Press Statement Following the Korea-Singapore Summit
[Unofficial Translation] Your Excellency Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, the people of Singapore, I am indeed grateful for the warm hospitality extended to me. It is a great pleasure to make a state visit to Singapore, a key partner of Korea within ASEAN, ahead of next year’s 50th anniversary of the estab...
Oct 08, 2024
Keynote Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Korea-Philippines Business Forum
[Unofficial Translation] Your Excellency President Bongbong Marcos, distinguished business leaders from both countries, It is wonderful that the Korea-Philippines Business Forum is being held here in Manila, the Pearl of the Orient and a gateway linking Asia and the Pacific. Korea and the Philippines possess ...
Oct 07, 2024
Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol on the 76th Anniversary of Armed Forces Day
[Unofficial Translation] My fellow Koreans, Honorable members of the Armed Forces and distinguished guests, I sincerely congratulate you on the 76th anniversary of our Armed Forces Day. I thank the soldiers who are protecting our country and its people with thoroughness and precision, even at this very mom...
Oct 01, 2024
Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol on the 79th Liberation Day
[Unofficial Translation] My fellow citizens, our 7 million compatriots overseas and our 26 million North Korean brethren, Today, we mark the 79th Liberation Day. We pay tribute to our fallen forebears and patriots who dedicated their lives to our country’s independence and express our deepest gratitude to the...
Aug 15, 2024
Keynote Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the NATO Public Forum
[Unofficial Translation] Dr. Kenneth Weinstein, President Emeritus of the Hudson Institute, Distinguished participants, Good afternoon. It is a great pleasure to be here with all of you in Washington, D.C., where NATO was founded 75 years ago. President Harry Truman, who devised the Marshall Plan and ch...
Jul 11, 2024
Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Heads of State and Government, Indo-Pacific Partners and the European Union
[Unofficial Translation] Secretary General Stoltenberg and distinguished leaders, It is a pleasure to attend the NATO Summit for the third consecutive year, following the Madrid Summit in 2022 and the Vilnius Summit in 2023. It is especially meaningful to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of NA...
Jul 11, 2024
Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at a Meeting with Servicemembers of the United States Indo-Pacific Command
[Unofficial Translation] Servicemembers of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, It is a pleasure to meet you all. I am delighted to visit USINDOPACOM, the largest and oldest unified combatant command in the United States, responsible for a vast area that covers more than half of the Earth’s surface. ...
Jul 09, 2024
Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Joint Press Statement Following the Korea-Uzbekistan Summit
[Unofficial Translation] President Mirziyoyev, people of the Republic of Uzbekistan, I extend my gratitude for the warm hospitality provided to my delegation. It is meaningful to pay a state visit to Uzbekistan, one of Korea’s few Special Strategic Partners. Under President Mirziyoyev’s excepti...
Jun 14, 2024
Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Korea-Uzbekistan Expanded Summit
[Unofficial Translation] Following our meeting in New York last September, it is a great pleasure to see you again, President Mirziyoyev, here in Tashkent on the occasion of my state visit to Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is one of the few Special Strategic Partners of Korea. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties ...
Jun 14, 2024