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Lee Jae-myung

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

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the north-korea peace pitch 28% · newthe leadership race factions 27% · newthe approval number 17% · newthe four-year, two-term amendment 13% · neweverything else 15%
#1
He offered to end the war. Pyongyang didn't answer.

The Liberation Day war-end proposal drew silence, so Seoul is pivoting to multilateral formats and hoping Trump's drill cuts crack a door open.

North Korea silent on Lee's proposal for talks to end Korean War

upi.com · 2026-08-17
our translation

if kim won't take the call, make washington the switchboard. trump's 'good relationship' is the only working line into pyongyang, so he'll applaud the shrunken drills and file it under his own peace push.

new — North silent; Trump trims joint drillsvery sure · 5 sources
#2
Kim Min-seok takes the party with 54% — the factions are still glaring
new — Convention elected Kim Min-seok todayvery sure · 5 sources
#3
43 percent: a fifth straight weekly slide, and his worst yet
new — 5th straight weekly fall, record lowvery sure · 3 sources
#4
A four-year presidency he says he'd shorten his own term to get
new — PPP demands no-reelection pledge firstpretty sure · 4 sources
monday, august 17
Ride the flood response: hourly damage reports from the south coast(reported)
Sort Wednesday's Blue House dinner seating for Kim, Jung and Song(on the schedule)
Read the 43% crosstabs, then ask housing staff for something announceable(reported)
Check whether Pyongyang said anything overnight. It didn't.(safe bet)

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

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Lee Orders All-Out Response to Deadly Southern Coast Downpour

news.google.com · 2026-08-17

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