President Moon Presides Over New Year's Meeting: "The End of COVID-19 Is Certain in the New Year"

On the 3rd, citizens are watching the live broadcast of President Moon Jae-in's 2022 New Year's address in the Seoul Station waiting room. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] President Moon Jae-in presided over a virtual New Year's greeting meeting on the 3rd and expressed his determination to definitely end COVID-19 in the new year.

On that day, President Moon held the New Year's greeting meeting through an online video conference at the Chungmugil Room of the Blue House, with key government officials and ordinary citizens from various sectors of society participating together.

President Moon said, "Everyone is exhausted and struggling due to the relentless COVID-19, but the hearts for one another are more special than ever," and added, "In the new year of the Year of the Black Tiger, I earnestly wish that COVID-19 will definitely be ended and that all citizens will live healthily in a vibrant daily life."

President Moon said, "The international order is rapidly changing. The competition among countries for leadership in the post-COVID era is fierce," and urged, "I hope we all unite more and embrace more inclusively to lead this decisive moment that will determine the future for decades with one heart."

President Moon emphasized, "In the new year of the Year of the Black Tiger, we are in the momentum of 'Gihojise' (騎虎之勢, the spirit of riding a tiger and running forward)," and said, "Let us, strengthened through crisis, make 2022 the inaugural year of South Korea as a leading nation through the power of coexistence and integration."

Attending the greeting meeting were the five key figures including National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug, Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Yoo Nam-seok, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, and Central Election Commission Chairperson Noh Jeong-hee, as well as party leaders such as Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, economic organization heads including Choi Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and figures from civil society and religious communities.

Also, seven ordinary citizens including choreographers Monica and Lip J from the broadcast program "Street Woman Fighter" attended and shared their hopes for the new year related to ▲overcoming COVID-19 ▲carbon neutrality ▲leading economy ▲K-culture ▲peace on the Korean Peninsula ▲and public safety.

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