Home

The Korea Herald

Latest news

Most Popular

  1. 1

    Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears

    Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
  2. 2

    Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies

    Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies
  3. 3

    Seoul city opens emergency care centers

    Seoul city opens emergency care centers
  4. 4

    Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury

    Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
  5. 5

    Samsung entangled in legal risks amid calls for drastic reform

    Samsung entangled in legal risks amid calls for drastic reform
  1. 6

    [Exclusive] Hyundai Mobis eyes closer ties with BYD

    [Exclusive] Hyundai Mobis eyes closer ties with BYD
  2. 7

    [Herald Review] 'Gangnam B-Side' combines social realism with masterful suspense, performance

    [Herald Review] 'Gangnam B-Side' combines social realism with masterful suspense, performance
  3. 8

    Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations

    Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations
  4. 9

    [Herald Interview] 'Trump will use tariffs as first line of defense for American manufacturing'

    [Herald Interview] 'Trump will use tariffs as first line of defense for American manufacturing'
  5. 10

    Why S. Korean refiners are reluctant to import US oil despite Trump’s energy push

    Why S. Korean refiners are reluctant to import US oil despite Trump’s energy push
소아쌤

Moon vows support for engineers, skilled workers

By Yonhap

Published : Dec. 1, 2017 - 15:08

    • Link copied

President Moon Jae-in on Friday promised additional support for engineers and skilled workers, saying the country's success in the fourth industrial revolution depends on them.

"At every juncture of the country's industrialization and major development in the manufacturing industry, there were skilled workers. Experienced skilled workers led the Republic of Korea to become a power house of technology and manufacturing," the president said.

The remarks came in a meeting with the South Korean delegation to the 2017 World Skills Competitions at his office Cheong Wa Dae. The South Korean team ranked second in the overall standings at the annual event held in Abu Dhabi this year.

President Moon Jae-in (R) receives a caricature of himself as a gift from the South Korean team that competed at the World Skills Competition, held in Abu Dhabi in October, before the start of a special lunch with the team at his office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2017. (Yonhap) President Moon Jae-in (R) receives a caricature of himself as a gift from the South Korean team that competed at the World Skills Competition, held in Abu Dhabi in October, before the start of a special lunch with the team at his office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2017. (Yonhap)

"We have already succeeded in our second and third industrial revolutions. As those before you opened the path to becoming a manufacturing and digital powerhouse, our blueprint for the fourth industrial revolution is being created by your own hands," the president said, according to Cheong Wa Dae pool reports.

The president said his new government will acknowledge their efforts and achievements.

"It will pursue policies that focus on improving the working and living conditions you face," he said. "We will make sure your efforts and achievements receive their due rewards. We will create a society where skilled workers and craftsmen are respected." (Yonhap)

More from Headlines