frozen snapshot — 2026-08-22 · see today →

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

read fresh this morning at 6

21%17%14%11%37%

the pacemaker pitch and the snub 21% the anti-graft council 17% the shrunken US-ROK exercises 14% the Wang Yi visit 11% everything else 37%

Pyongyang's answer to the pacemaker offer: 'double-dealing'

Kim Yo-jong called his remarks contradictory and pitied the South's 'plight'; his office asked the North to stop the 'unnecessary slander'.

Seoul’s ‘pacemaker’ role faces test as US-North Korea diplomacy raises sidelining concerns

The Korea Herald · 2026-08-21

our translation

he'll take the sidelining as long as trump keeps talking to kim — being the pacemaker beats not being in the race at all, and pyongyang's insults at least prove they're reading him

Kim Yo-jong mocks his 'double-dealing'very sure · 4 sources

First anti-graft council: 'no exceptions, no ruling-opposition divide'

first anti-graft council of his termvery sure · 4 sources

He 'respects' Trump's smaller war games; the opposition calls it stalking

PPP condemns his cheer for the cutpretty sure · 4 sources

Wang Yi's ask in Seoul: don't take sides

SCMP calls the visit a low blowpretty sure · 4 sources

saturday, august 22

Lock the seating for Tuesday's dinner with the new DP leadership(on the schedule)

Read Kim Yo-jong's latest; resist the urge to answer it(reported)

Ask every ministry for its own anti-graft to-do list(reported)

Check whether 45% holds for a second straight week(safe bet)

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

The source

President Lee to Host Dinner With New Democratic Party Leadership on the 25th

news.google.com · 2026-08-22

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