
Trump and South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung hail progress on $350B investment deal
The US-South Korea investment deal could reshape global trade dynamics, enhance strategic energy cooperation, and boost AI infrastructure.
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The US-South Korea investment deal could reshape global trade dynamics, enhance strategic energy cooperation, and boost AI infrastructure.

President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea at the Blue House, the presidential compound in Seoul, on Friday.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung broke from precedent by urging President Trump to ease sanctions on North Korea in an exchange that would put a halt on its weapons programs. Lee told The New York Times in a Friday interview that he sees “significant value” in trading between sanctions and freezing North Korea’s development…

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, September 22: The Moscow Times talks about mobilisation rumours scaring anti-war activists in Russia. Next: The New York Times interviews South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung. Also: why is multitasking bad for the brain and the nervous system? Finally: this year's Fat Bear contest is starting in Alaska. Who's going to be the chonkiest chonk?

President Trump should demand that North Korea freeze, not eliminate, its nuclear weapons program, President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview.

Seoul resolves recent speculation over sending military to strait of Hormuz, saying ‘there won’t be deployment that would involve or enter war’ South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, has said he will not deploy the military to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country into conflict, resisting calls from Donald Trump to support his war in Iran. “There won’t be deployment that would involve or enter war. I can tell you that very clearly,” Lee said at a news conference on Friday. “We won’t deploy military assets in any form to that end.” Continue reading...

President Lee Jae Myung’s comments followed President Trump’s repeated demand for “a little hand” from South Korea, a decades-old American ally.

Lee's policy struggles and Trump's criticism could hinder his political maneuverability, impacting South Korea's domestic and international dynamics.