SEOUL: South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung faces a pivotal foreign policy test barely two months after taking office, with back-to-back summits in Tokyo and Washington that reflect the wider struggle of US allies to navigate Donald Trump’s unilateral push to redefine postwar orders on trade, security and alliances.The meetings come after Seoul and Tokyo reached trade deals with Washington that spared them from the Trump administration’s highest tariffs, but only after pledging hundreds of billions of dollars in new US investments.Trump’s transactional approach with long-standing allies exten

SEOUL: South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung faces a pivotal foreign policy test barely two months after taking office, with back-to-back summits in Tokyo and Washington that…

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung faces an early foreign policy trial just two months into office, with back-to-back summits in Tokyo and Washington...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and White House leader Donald Trump will meet next week for a summit set to touch on the upkeep of American troops on the peninsula.

Lee’s visit comes two days before his crucial first summit in Washington, DC, with US President Donald Trump.

Seen as a pragmatic approach to diplomacy, Lee’s visit to Tokyo is a bid to present a united front against Trump’s trade pressure.

Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States.

July trade deal and status of US troops in South Korea in focus as two leaders meet for the first time.

President Lee Jae Myung's visit is expected to spotlight trade, alliance costs and North Korea as he seeks to set the tone with Trump's second-term White House.