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Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at a Banquet Hosted by the Lord Mayor of the City of London

My Lord Mayor, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, My Lords, Aldermen, Sheriffs, Chief Commoner, honoured guests, I am truly grateful for the warm hospitality extended to me and my delegation. I would like to first congratulate Lord Mayor Michael Mainelli on his inauguration.

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Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Korea-U.K. Summit

I would first like to thank you sincerely for the warm hospitality. It is very moving to come to this historic site, 10 Downing Street. As I understand it, Sir Robert Walpole began to use this location as the official residence of the British Prime Minister around the time the principle of the British monarch reigning but not ruling was established and parliamentary democracy centering on the Liberal and Conservative parties began to take root.

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Keynote Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the UK-Korea Science Forum

President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith, Foreign Secretary Sir Mark Walport, and members of the Royal Society, It is a pleasure to meet all of you. The Royal Society is steeped in the legacies of giants who altered history like Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, and I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak with the preeminent scientists here about the roles of science and future cooperation.

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Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the UK-Korea Business Forum

Business leaders from the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom, It is a great pleasure to meet all of you. I am delighted to join you at this meaningful event to discuss our future economic cooperation here in the United Kingdom – the birthplace of the free-market economy and the Industrial Revolution – and what’s more in the City of London, the world’s financial hub, next to Lombard Street.

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Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the State Banquet in the United Kingdom

Your Majesty, My wife and I are immensely grateful to be the first guests for a state visit after your historic Coronation. I sincerely thank you for preparing this magnificent state banquet tonight. I am deeply touched by the kind preparations and the warmth of your hospitality. It shows how much you care about the special friendship between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea.

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Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol to the British Parliament

My Lord Speaker, Mr. Speaker, my lords, members of the House of Commons, ladies and gentlemen, It is my great honour to stand before the British Parliament – the Mother of all Parliaments. The United Kingdom has been the pioneer of modern history. It laid the foundation of liberal democracy. It opened the era of global market economy.