Lee Jae Myung entered office amid negotiations over Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs. He struck a deal for tariff relief in exchange for an investment pledge. Implementing such deals is the first big challenge looming over the rest of his term
Since South Korea’s democratisation in the late 1980s, more than half of presidents have been impeached, jailed or both. Lee Jae Myung’s legacy will thus in part depend on whether he can break the curse of the Blue House