frozen snapshot — 2026-08-14 · see today →

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

read fresh this morning at 6

32%26%16%12%14%

the four-year, two-term amendment 32% · newthe approval number 26% · newthe housing-supply blitz 16% the selective conscription push 12% everything else 14%

Lee blesses a four-year, two-term presidency — and offers to cut his own term short

Cheong Wa Dae floats the amendment, Lee says he'd accept a shortened term, and the PPP calls the whole thing a jailbreak.

South Korea's Lee favours four-year presidency with re-election permitted

Reuters · 2026-08-14

our translation

he'll trade a year of his own term for a constitution with his fingerprints on it, and floating it now quietly moves the story off housing and onto legacy.

new — Blue House floated the amendment todayvery sure · 4 sources

Disapproval tops approval for the first time since he took office

new — negatives overtake positives, first timevery sure · 4 sources

'Real estate is a ticking time bomb' — every tool, all at once

housing blamed for record-low pollvery sure · 4 sources

Selective enlistment starts next year, birthrate permitting

orders rollout to begin next yearpretty sure · 4 sources

friday, august 14

Have aides pin down what 'four-year term' actually meant before it grows legs(reported)

Read the Gallup crosstabs and stare at the housing line(reported)

Finish the Liberation Day address; keep Tokyo out of the sharp parts(safe bet)

Turn the three-hour youth session into something with a budget line(reported)

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

The source

Lee backs constitutional reform in principle, not any specific model: Cheong Wa Dae

news.google.com · 2026-08-14

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