SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in received his first dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, as he plans to attend a Group of Seven (G-7) summit to be held in Britain. He received the shot at the Jongno-gu public health center near the presidential compound in Seoul, along with first lady Kim [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in is scheduled to receive an AstraZeneca vaccine shot next week in preparation for participation in a Group of Seven (G-7) summit to be held in Britain, Cheong Wa Dae announced Monday, as health authorities here have decided to extend the use of the COVID-19 vaccine to [...]
SEONGNAM, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A shoemaker that employs disabled workers delivered a pair of shoes to President Moon Jae-in and his wife, Kim Jung-sook, on Tuesday, company officials said. The social enterprise, Scene of Making Shoes, said its chief, Yu Seok-yeong, visited the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae for the delivery of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7. (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Friday made a surprise visit to a government official who recently suffered a stroke while working late to get the government budget bill passed by the National Assembly. The previously unannounced visit came shortly after the president took part in a ceremony to mark the [...]
PARIS, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in received possibly the most enthusiastic welcome he has ever enjoyed from a foreign population Sunday when he hosted a cultural event to mark his trip to France that offered a rare performance by famous South Korean boy group BTS. Some 400 French officials and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in on Thursday attended a ceremony marking the construction of new assembly lines of SK hynix, the world’s third-largest chipmaker, underscoring his policies for job creation and innovation-powered growth. “The government and I will not hold back our support for companies that invest, make jobs and contribute to the [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in called for increased efforts Friday to improve working conditions of government officials and also ensure their political neutrality, saying public workers must only work for the good of the people. “We must straighten the relationships between the people and the government, the people and public offices to meet the people’s expectations. More simply, it [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year, South Koreans trusted government more and businesses less compared to the year prior, while level of trust in the media and NGOs remained nearly unchanged. In total, South Korea’s trust levels in the four sectors of society rose by 23 percentage points from 2016, placing it among [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in promised to double support for young scientists and their research projects Thursday, also vowing to nearly double government investment in independent research and development (R&D) programs. “The government will support with all its strength the path of science that you will walk,” the president said in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in reiterated his determination to peacefully end North Korea’s nuclear ambitions Wednesday, saying the communist state is walking on the ice, but a peaceful solution is still possible. “The South-North Korean relations are still not so good. The tension between the South and the North is at its peak, and so it is a very cautious situation as if we are walking on [...]