Lee says respects Trump's decision to promote dialogue with NK through scaled-back military exercises

President Lee Jae Myung has said he respects US President Donald Trump's efforts to create the conditions for dialogue with North Korea by going as far as scaling back South Korea-US military exercises. Lee made the remark in a post on his X account late Wednesday, hours after the allies announced their decision to cut short the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise at Trump's orders. Trump wrote in a social media post Sunday that he had instructed the Pentagon to "substantially reduce" joint military e