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Lee Champions National-Interest Package Deal and Inter-Korean Outreach at First NSC Meeting

With ministries united for public safety, peace, pragmatic policy execution, Seoul eyes a US-brokered trade-investment-security package

President Lee Jae Myung (R) speaks with National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac during a National Security Council meeting at the presidential office in Seoul on July 10, 2025, in this photo provided by the office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
President Lee Jae Myung speaks at a meeting with senior presidential aides at the presidential office in Seoul on July 10, 2025. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • President Lee Jae Myung opened his first National Security Council meeting with a call to prioritize national interest as global and regional uncertainties rise.
  • He ordered the military to halt loudspeaker propaganda along the Demilitarized Zone and asked civic groups to pause anti-North Korea leaflet drops to pave the way for inter-Korean dialogue.
  • National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac returned from Washington reporting that Secretary of State Marco Rubio understood Seoul’s pitch for a comprehensive trade-investment-security package and that both sides agreed to pursue an early summit between Lee and President Trump.
  • Participants reviewed the impact of a looming 25 percent tariff on South Korean imports set to start Aug. 1 and the US demand for higher contributions under the renewed Special Measures Agreement.
  • Lee directed all ministries to coordinate with one mind to safeguard the safety of the people, advance pragmatic policies and bolster prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula.