frozen snapshot — 2026-08-01 · see today →

What's on Lee Jae-myung's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

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the Americas tour, Argentina leg 28% the prosecution-reform fight 20% · newthe north-korea peace pitch 15% · newthe Chile leg and the FTA reboot 12% · neweverything else 25%

Lithium, Crude and a Handshake in Buenos Aires

Lee and Milei signed a critical-minerals MOU and agreed Korea will start importing Argentine crude next year.

Leaders of Korea, Argentina agree to energy supply chain cooperation in summit

Korea JoongAng Daily · 2026-08-01

our translation

he flew to the bottom of the world for rocks and oil, because a president who can't fix apartment prices can at least come home holding a supply chain

Final leg; minerals MOU signedvery sure · 4 sources

Seventy-Two Years of Prosecutor Power, Undone in One Vote

new — Bill passed; veto demands stacking upvery sure · 4 sources

He Asked Jakarta to Knock on Pyongyang's Door

new — Prabowo went public; Reuters carried itpretty sure · 3 sources

Korea's Oldest Trade Deal Gets a Tune-Up in Santiago

new — Five MOUs signed; FTA talks restartpretty sure · 3 sources

saturday, august 1

Close the Argentina leg and point the plane back toward Seoul.(reported)

Say something, or pointedly nothing, about the veto demand.(reported)

Bank the Buenos Aires mayor photo for the culture-ties file.(reported)

Let the office repeat 'swift' about the special inspector.(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Lee Heads to Argentina, Final South America Stop, Hoping for "Golden Results"

news.google.com · 2026-08-01

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