{"id":470207,"date":"2025-06-04T09:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/lee-jae-myung-assumes-the-south-korean-presidency-and-promises-to-govern-for-all\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:10:09","slug":"lee-jae-myung-assumes-the-south-korean-presidency-and-promises-to-govern-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/lee-jae-myung-assumes-the-south-korean-presidency-and-promises-to-govern-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Jae-myung assumes the South Korean presidency and promises to govern “for all”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seoul.- <\/strong>The new South Korean president<\/strong>, Lee Jae-myung<\/strong>, officially began his five-year term this Wednesday after the Asian country’s National Election Commission confirmed his victory in Tuesday’s presidential elections.<\/p>\n\n\nLee assumed the presidency of South Korea at 6:21 local time (21:21 GMT Tuesday) after the confirmation of his victory at the polls by the electoral body in a plenary session.\n\n\n

Belonging to the until now opposition Democratic Party (DP)<\/strong>, the liberal Lee assumes the position immediately, without the usual transition period, after early elections due to the removal of former President Yoon Suk-yeol for his failed attempt to establish martial law in the country at the end of last year. <\/p>\n\n\nLee made this statement during his address to the nation following his inauguration as the 21st President of Korea<\/strong>, held at 11:00 a.m. in the National Assembly, in the Yeongdeungpo-gu district of Seoul.\n\n\n

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The new Korean leader proposed five major guidelines for his administration<\/strong>: “a country where the people govern”; “a country of constant growth and development”; “a country where everyone lives well”; “a country in which culture flourishes”; and “a safe and peaceful country.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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As a priority, the president emphasized the need to recover the population’s livelihood and revitalize the economy: \u201cI will immediately launch an emergency economic response team\u201d and added: \u201cI will reactivate the virtuous cycle of the economy through the national budget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of diplomacy and security, he stated: \u201cI will strengthen trilateral cooperation with the United States and Japan<\/strong>, based on our strong bilateral alliance with the United States, and I will manage relations with neighboring countries from a perspective of national interest and pragmatism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 80% of the ballots counted<\/strong>, the liberal politician of the Democratic Party (DP), Lee Jae-myung<\/strong>, became today the new president of South Korea<\/a> after the serious political crisis<\/strong> triggered by the martial law of last December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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