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Lee Jae-myung

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

read fresh this morning at 6
36%19%13%9%23%
the north-korea peace pitch 36% · newthe four-year, two-term amendment 19% · newthe approval number 13% · newthe leadership race factions 9% · neweverything else 23%
#1
He offered to end the Korean War. Pyongyang didn't pick up.

His Liberation Day address proposed talks to replace the 1953 armistice with a peace regime and halt the North's nuclear advance; Pyongyang has said nothing.

South Korea proposes talks to officially end war with North

BBC · 2026-08-15
our translation

an armistice signed before he was born is the one thing he can rewrite without the assembly's permission — and if kim never answers, the offer still costs him nothing at home

new — Speech carried by forty-plus outletsvery sure · 4 sources
#2
Rewrite the constitution, and cut his own term while he's at it
new — PPP split; Kim Tae-ho demands a no-reelection pledgepretty sure · 4 sources
#3
44 percent, and the 40s and 50s are the ones leaving
new — Record low; 4050 cohort peeling offvery sure · 3 sources
#4
A 0.15 percent margin is not a mandate
new — Seoul-Gyeonggi vote decided by 0.15%pretty sure · 4 sources
sunday, august 16
Check whether Pyongyang has answered the war-end offer yet(reported)
Watch the primary count crawl in; 0.15% is not a margin(reported)
Ask how a peace speech and drills share one week(reported)
Get the full crosstabs on the 4050 defectors before Monday(safe bet)

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

The source

N. Korea silent on Lee's proposal for dialogue to officially end Korean War

news.google.com · 2026-08-16

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