Overview

• Lee said Pyongyang’s response to his overtures remains cold but he will keep pushing for dialogue to reduce tensions.
• He told reporters he offered to act as a “pacemaker” with President Donald Trump to help restart U.S.–North Korea negotiations.
• He warned that the Georgia immigration raid that detained more than 300 Koreans could discourage future investment in the United States.
• Seoul and Washington agreed to set up a working group to craft a new visa pathway or expanded quotas to prevent repeat detentions.
• He pledged a pragmatic two-track approach to Japan following Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation and signaled openness to retracting a planned expansion of securities sale taxation.