Address to the People from the Inauguration Ceremony of the 21st President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Jae-myung

Dear and respected fellow citizens, I am Lee Jae-myung, whom you have chosen as the 21st President of the Republic of Korea. I stand here today with a profound sense of responsibility and deep gratitude. Bearing the countless hopes and dreams entrusted to me by our 52 million citizens, I hereby take my first steps toward building a truly democratic republic as your chosen President. The future is beckoning. It is time to revive livelihoods that have been pushed to the brink, and to restore growth that will lead to a brighter tomorrow for everyone.

PUAC Holds the Asia-Pacific Region Expanded Executive Committee Meeting for the First Quarter of 2025

The PUAC Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly (Vice-Chairperson Ko Sang-gu) held the 「Expanded Executive Committee Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Assembly for the First Quarter of 2025」 in the conference room of Grand Center Point Terminal 21 in Bangkok, Thailand at 9:30 on March 8, 2025. The expanded executive committee meeting brought together 30 people, including the vice- chairperson of the assembly and the heads of chapters, as well as the branch heads, secretaries and chairpersons of the standing committees of the Asia-Pacific Assembly. The meeting proceeded in the order of △ opening ceremony, △opening speech by Ko Sang-gu, vice-chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Assembly, △ Remarks by Deputy Secretary General Dong Seung-chul, △ Report on the business of the Secretariat, △ Discussions about major business plans of the Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly and local chapters in 2025, △ Discussions about pending issues related to the activities of the Asia-Pacific region, and △ commemorative photo taking.

Meeting of the International Cooperation Standing Committee for the First Quarter of 2025

The PUAC International Cooperation Standing Committee (Chairman Cho Yoon-young) held a meeting for policy recommendations for the first quarter on February 20, with 50 committee members, including 24 overseas members, attending. The meeting, which was held under the theme of "Unification Policy Cooperation Measures in the Trump Era," proceeded in the order of keynote presentations by Kwon Bo-ram, a researcher at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, and Park Won-gon, a North Korean studies professor at Ewha Womans University, a panel discussion of Lee Ki-wan, a professor of international relations at Changwon University, and Kim Sung-soo, a professor of politics and diplomacy at Hanyang University, and a comprehensive discussion involving all committee members.