Amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff pressure, from which seemingly no ally is safe, and China’s increasingly blatant gray-zone provocations, it is time to begin addressing the diplomatic tasks that await the new president's attention.

In his nationally televised inauguration speech at the rotunda lobby hall of the National Assembly, Lee reaffirmed diplomatic cooperation with ​the Trump administration, with whom he must work with to negotiate over tariffs and maintain its security alliance,

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral partnership with the U.S. and Japan