Jihyoung Son

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Look beyond military to secure peace: Lee

3 days ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

Liberal president visits Gwangju to seek reconciliation over thorny issuesPresident Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday that military tensions between the two Koreas should give way to peace on the Korean Peninsula without a fight, adding that bygone are the days when South Korea relied on military strength for peace.
Lee Jae Myung stresses peace on peninsula ahead of Korean War anniversary

5 days ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday, the day before the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, that national security could only be guaranteed when South Korea achieves peace on the peninsula. "When we think about the concept of national security, people tend to think that achieving it through a victory in a battle is important. But what's more important is that we win without a fight," Lee said at a Cabinet meeting he presided over at his office Tuesday.
Lee Jae Myung unveils 11 new ministers as Cabinet takes shape

5 days ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

President brings back ex-Unification Minister Chung, names Ahn Gyu-back as first civilian to head Defense MinistryPresident Lee Jae Myung on Monday nominated 11 ministers for Cabinet posts, including South Korea's first civilian chief of the Ministry of National Defense in more than six decades, while the incumbent Agriculture Minister from the previous Yoon Suk Yeol administration will remain in her post.
Lee Jae Myung's ‘pragmatic' diplomacy comes into focus

5 days ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

Conservatives accuse Lee of neglecting national interests, while experts note possible consideration of China ties and missed arms export opportunitiesPresident Lee Jae Myung's decision not to attend the NATO summit in the Netherlands has brought his “pragmatic” foreign policy approach into renewed focus, while triggering attacks from conservatives.
[Breaking] Lee to skip meetings with NATO leaders in Netherlands

6 days ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

President Lee Jae Myung will skip his meeting with leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization later this week in The Hague, Netherlands, said Wi Sung-lac, director of national security at the presidential office, in a note to reporters on Sunday. The upcoming summit, scheduled to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, would have been the fourth consecutive NATO event at which a South Korean leader has appeared.
Lee discusses stimulus, diplomacy with bipartisan delegations

6 days ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

Lee hosts ruling and opposition party leadership for lunch, just 18 days into presidencyPresident Lee Jae Myung held a lunch meeting with bipartisan delegations Sunday at his official residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, to discuss the government's recent stimulus proposal and his recent visit to Canada to attend the Group of Seven summit. There, Lee stressed a need to narrow down differences between rival parties.
Cabinet approves universal cash grant amid controversy

1 week ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

President Lee Jae Myung convened a Cabinet meeting on Thursday and approved a 30.5 trillion won ($22.1 billion) supplementary budget, part of which will fund a universal handout of cash-equivalent vouchers to all South Koreans in a bid to boost domestic consumption amid growing recession fears. The move came just hours after Lee returned from a three-day trip to Canada.
SNU family doctor named as physician to president

1 week ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

Park Sang-min, professor of family medicine at Seoul National University Hospital, has been named the official physician to President Lee Jae-myung, Lee's spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said Thursday. Kang said Park will practice Western medicine as Lee's physician. The presidential office has not unveiled the nomination of a personal doctor dedicated to Korean traditional medicine.
Lee returns to Seoul, ends debut trip as president

1 week ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

President Lee Jae Myung and his wife Kim Hea Kyung returned to South Korea Thursday morning, ending their brief visit to Canada to attend the Group of Seven summit in Kananaskis village of Canada's Alberta province. Upon Lee's arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Lee was greeted by Ko Ki-dong, vice minister of the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's floor leader Rep. Kim Byung-kee.
Lee returns from G7 with 'new leap forward in diplomacy'

1 week ago | koreaherald.com | Jihyoung Son

At expanded G7 session, Lee tells leaders that S. Korea aims to lead AI revolution with focus on inclusion, energy securityCALGARY, Canada/SEOUL -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to return home Wednesday from a three-day visit to Canada, where he attended the Group of Seven summit as a guest — a milestone his administration has touted as the restoration of South Korea’s summit diplomacy.