
What's on Lee Jae-myung's mind?
Lee Takes K-Defense to NATO's Front Door
First NATO summit and he is not there to browse: Partnership 2.0, co-production, a permanent seat at Europe's defense table.
Lee envisions a "Korea-NATO 2.0" relationship, ranging from arms sales to building together.
The Korea Herald · 2026-07-08he is done being just an arms vendor. 'partnership 2.0' is code for we build together, you owe us a seat at the table. selling submarines is nice — being indispensable to europe is the actual prize.
South Korea and NATO will launch negotiations on a basic procurement agreement, per a Seoul official.
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Keep pitching Partnership 2.0 to every leader still in the room.
every line on the pad traces to something public — tap to see it
Phone home and keep the megaproject sites moving on schedule.
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