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Lee Jae-myung

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

read fresh this morning at 6
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the Hormuz contribution question 26% · newthe Élysée state visit 23% · newthe four-year, two-term amendment 19% · newthe approval number 13% · neweverything else 19%
#1
Seoul sent a team to the Gulf and a denial to the wires

His office calls Hormuz talks with France 'contribution options, not troop deployment' — while an assessment team surveys the strait and lawmakers object.

[Key Points] Seoul weighs Hormuz role as UAE assessment fuels deployment speculation

koreaherald.com · 2026-09-09
our translation

he knows the answer washington wants and the answer his base wants, and they are not the same answer. so he sends a survey team, calls it 'options', and lets the word 'deployment' stay technically unspoken for another week.

new — assessment team in the Gulf; DP lawmakers balkvery sure · 4 sources
#2
Grand Cross, state dinner, and a defence pact to take home
new — day two: decoration, dinner, assembly speakervery sure · 4 sources
#3
'My term is clearly limited by the Constitution'
new — interpellation opens on constitutional changevery sure · 4 sources
#4
Under 40, eighth week down, and the L-word in print
new — Realmeter below 40%, eighth straight weekpretty sure · 3 sources
wednesday, september 9
Wrap Paris with a promise to bring the summit deals 'into people's lives'(reported)
Say 'contribution options, not troop deployment' at least once more(safe bet)
Repeat that the Constitution limits his term, slowly, for the back row(reported)
Ask an aide, casually, whether the tracker moved this week(safe bet)

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

The source

President Lee: "We Will Bring the Korea-France Summit Agreement into People's Lives"

news.google.com · 2026-09-09

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