Is Lee Jae-myung’s dignity phase over?
Why it matters: President Lee Jae-myung’s retreat from statesmanlike pragmatism back to impulsive populism—compounded by his astonishing lack of control o...
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Too much salmon will kill you: How Minjoo’s crusade to save Lee Jae-myung could backfire
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Undoing Criminal Justice in the Name of Democracy: how a decades-long partisan vendetta is reshaping South Korea’s security apparatus
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While open warfare between Seoul’s ministries suggests policy paralysis, the deeper reality is that President Lee is prioritizing market stability and the US...