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,

New South Korean President Lee Jae-myung described his victory as the start of the country’s return to normalcy, after winning a tense election that capped off months of political turmoil