Particle.news
Download on the App Store
11 ARTICLES
·
4w ago

Lee at 100 Days Pushes North Korea Diplomacy, Presses U.S. Over Georgia Raid

Seoul and Washington will form a visa working group after the Georgia detentions, with Gallup now pegging his approval at 58 percent.

President Lee Jae Myung fields reporters' questions during a press conference marking his 100 days in office at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2025. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a press conference marking his 100th day in office held at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 11, 2025. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a press conference marking his 100 days in office at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2025. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a press conference marking his 100 days in office at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2025. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

Overview

  • Lee said restoring U.S.–North Korea dialogue is essential for peninsula peace and offered to act as a "pacemaker" for talks between President Trump and Kim Jong-un despite Pyongyang’s cold response.
  • He warned the U.S. immigration raid that detained more than 300 Korean workers in Georgia could chill future Korean investment and urged easier short‑term work visa pathways for industrial projects.
  • Foreign Minister Cho Hyun announced that South Korea and the United States agreed to create a working group to explore a new visa category to prevent similar cases.
  • Lee said 316 Koreans and 14 others were set to leave detention and return home, adding that Seoul opposed U.S. plans to handcuff detainees and that the White House briefly paused releases during those talks.
  • Domestically, Lee will keep the 5 billion won capital‑gains threshold for major shareholders and raise inheritance‑tax deductions, while a Gallup Korea poll shows his job approval at 58 percent.