Lee backs Trump’s N. Korea outreach, even if it means cutting allied drills

President Lee Jae Myung is throwing his weight behind US President Donald Trump’s renewed push to reengage North Korea, pledging to serve as a “pacemaker” preserving the pulse of any renewed diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang. “President Trump’s latest message strikes me as a major decision reflecting his deep deliberation over how to move beyond hostility and confrontation and build peace on the Korean Peninsula,” Lee said in a post on X on Thursday. At the same time, Lee coupled his en