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South Korea Says Trump Agrees to Ramp Up Tariff Talks With Lee
South Korea said newly elected President Lee Jae-myung spoke for the first time with Donald Trump and agreed to seek ...
Oman Observer1h
S Korea's new leader talks tariffs in Trump call
SEOUL: South Korea's new leader Lee Jae-myung and Donald Trump agreed in a phone call to work towards a tariff deal, Seoul ...
South Korean conservatives looking for rebirth after election loss
South Korea's right is looking to remake itself after a massive defeat in this week's snap presidential election that left it ...
Trump and South Korea’s new leader talk tariffs, golf and assassinations in first call
President Lee Jae-myung and Trump have both faced attempts on their lives; Lee even had to undergo surgery after being ...
The Japan Times11h
Japanese and South Korean leaders could hold first meeting during G7 summit
New South Korean leader Lee Jae-myung will attend the G7 summit in Canada for three days starting June 15, and could meet ...
Why South Korea’s new leader may be on a collision course with Trump
The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South ...
Foreign Affairs2d
South Korea’s New President Could Transform the Korean Peninsula
The debilitating political vacuum that has reigned in Seoul since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment on ...
He survived an assassination attempt. Now South Korea’s new president must heal divisions and tread cautiously with Trump
At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, ...