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Lee Jae Myung is a South Korean politician and lawyer who has served as the 14th president of South Korea since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), he was the party's leader while serving as member of the National Assembly for Incheon Gyeyang B from 2022 to 2025. Lee previously served as governor of Gyeonggi from 2018 to 2021 and as mayor of Seongnam from 2010 to 2018.
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politics · President of South Korea since 2025 · lawyer · politician · also Lee Jae Myung, Lee Jaemyung, Lee Jaemyeong, Lee Jae-myeong, Lee Jae-Myung, Jaemyung Lee
Born 8 December 1963 · Q12612463
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(대선 특집) 삼프로가 묻고 이재명 후보가 답하다
더불어민주당 제21대 대통령 선거 후보 이재명 수락연설
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Lee Jae-myung on fixing South Korea's economy following the 2024 Martial Law Declaration
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With economic growth rates declining worldwide, it has become difficult to maintain and develop an economy solely on the strength of the private sector. However, with government-led talent development and extensive investments in technological research and development, we can revive the economy.
Transformative and Fair Growth
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“With economic growth rates declining worldwide, it has become difficult to maintain and develop an economy solely on the strength of the private sector. However, with government-led talent development and extensive investments in technological research and development, we can revive the economy.”
“Transformative and Fair Growth”
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“My first objective, if I am elected president, would be to help Korea take the lead in fighting climate change, the global pandemic and the ever-speedy technological revolution. My second objective would be to help this nation achieve economic growth during this time of great struggle. When it comes to policies to boost the people”
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조선일보: President Lee Jae Myung: Constitutional Order Threats Outweigh Anti-Corruption
조선일보: President Lee Jae Myung Appoints Trade, Fire Agency Leaders
조선일보: Choo Mi-ae Confronts Lee Jae Myung's Fiscal Legacy
조선일보: President Lee Jae Myung Declares Geoje, Tongyeong Special Disaster Zones
Chosunbiz: Lee Jae-myung hosts new Democratic Party leadership for Blue House dinner - CHOSUNBIZ
Chosunbiz: Lee Jae-myung warns constitutional order threats outweigh corruption in South Korea - CHOSUNBIZ
Published video “부패청산을 위해!”.
Published video “부패 청산, 네 편 내 편은 없습니다”.
digitimes: Lee Jae-myung meets SK chief Chey Tae-won with US chip investment pressure in focus
Chosunbiz: Lee Jae-myung appoints Park Jeong-seong trade chief, Choi Yong-cheol fire chief - CHOSUNBIZ
조선일보: President Lee Jae Myung's Approval Rating Ties With Negative Evaluations at 45%
Chosunbiz: Gallup Korea finds Lee Jae-myung approval ties disapproval at 45% - CHOSUNBIZ
news.sbs.co.kr: Kim Min-seok: "Party Will Actively Support Strengthening President Lee Jae-myung's Pacemaker Role"
조선일보: Kim Yo-jong Mocks Lee Jae Myung's Response to Trump's Exercise Cutback
매일경제: A poll showed on the 21st that Lee Jae Myung's presidential approval rating, which had been on the d..
매일경제: President Lee Jae Myung welcomed the Fast Track Shortening Act (Amendment to the National Assembly A..
헤럴드경제: Yu Si-min says 'Why would I dislike Lee Jae Myung?' after fishing trip with Lee Ha-neul
finance.biggo.com: President Lee Jae-myung Holds Private Dinner with SK Chairman Chey Tae-won Amid Semiconductor Investment Pressure
조선일보: President Lee Jae Myung Weighs Withholding Judicial Appointment Bill
조선일보: President Lee Jae Myung, Xi to Hold Third Summit at Shenzhen APEC
조선일보: President Lee Jae Myung Discusses Semiconductor Projects in Closed-Door Meeting with SK Chairman
헤럴드경제: N. Korea's Kim Yo-jong calls Lee Jae Myung's remarks 'contradictory,' says US security no longer free
Seoul Economic Daily: Kim Yo-jong Accuses Lee Jae-myung of 'Double-Dealing Duplicity'
매일경제: On the 20th, President Lee Jae Myung appointed Kim Hoi-seung, a former editorial writer for the Hank..
매일경제: President Lee Jae Myung said on the 20th, "There is a need for uninterrupted reform to correct fouls..
Published video “신발끈을 다시 매겠습니다”.
news.sbs.co.kr: President Lee Jae-myung: 'We Will Completely Eradicate the Distribution of Illicitly Filmed Content'
Published video “[#이재명 LIVE] 반칙과 불공정, 비정상을 바로잡는 ‘중단 없는 개혁’ | 제44차 대수보”.
Published video “두 번째 을지연습, 시작합니다”.
Published video “[#이재명 LIVE] 굳건한 안보 토대 위에 국민의 안전한 삶을 세우겠습니다 | 을지1 및 제36회 국무회의”.
Published video “AI주권, 새로운 독립 1년의 기록”.
Published video “[4K HDR] 국민과 함께 새로운 광복의 역사를 써 내려가겠습니다ㅣ 제81주년 광복절 경축식”.
Published video “되찾은 빛, 새로운 광복”.
Published video “한복하세요~♥️”.
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo of Lee Jae Myung and Donald Trump at G7 is AI-generated.” False.
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2026).
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Lee Jae Myung being shunned by other leaders at G20.” Misleading.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo from Lee Jae Myung and Kim Hyeon-ji's "secret wedding".” Satire.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Donald Trump publicly gives Lee Jae-myung the cold shoulder” Missing context.
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Election won: 2025 presidential election.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “US Congress designated Lee Jae Myung a criminal.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Lee Jae Myung's staffer taking a selfie in the Oval Office” Altered picture.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Donald Trump mocked Yoon Suk Yeol in meeting with Lee Jae Myung.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Trump mocking Lee Jae Myung over trade deal.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Clip shows Lee Jae Myung laughing at news of opposition politician's death.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Image of letter sent by Trump to South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “As a teenager, President Lee Jae-myung was convicted of rape and murder.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “South Korean president Lee Jae-myung was excluded from G7 leaders' group photo” Misleading.
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Awarded Time 100 (2025).
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Career landmark: President of South Korea (2025).
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Campaign: 2025 presidential election.
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Won the DPK nomination, and defeated the PPP candidate Kim Moon-soo in the presidential election
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The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm as the first state guest of his presidency, as well as becoming Vietnam's first state guest after the country's 2026 party congress and general election
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When, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and attempted to stop the National Assembly from convening using the military, he continued to go to the Assembly building anyway
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Lee criticized President Yoon for unnecessarily "antagonizing" China and creating a trade deficit with the country for the first time in decades
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Career landmark: Member of the National Assembly of South Korea (2024–2025).
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Election lost: 2022 presidential election.
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Career landmark: Member of the National Assembly of South Korea (2022–2024).
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Lee said that if a Chinese fishing boat illegally breaks into South Korean waters, he would sink it
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Lee Jae Myung pledged to strengthen the punishment for sex crimes and expand government support for single-person female households
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Campaign: 2022 presidential election.
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Won his party's presidential nomination and narrowly lost the general election to Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party (PPP)
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“We will change the graph of economic growth upward with a strong state-led economic revival policy. I”
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To run for governor of Gyeonggi Province, won that race, and served until 2021
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During the Gyeonggi gubernatorial election, Rep
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Career landmark: Governor of Gyeonggi Province (2018–2021).
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Campaign: 2017 presidential election.
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Sought the DPK's presidential nomination but lost to Moon Jae-in
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Lee, an animal rights advocate, signed an agreement with shop owners that prohibited the display and slaughter of live dogs at the market
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And advocated for allowing medical insurance to be used to cover the cost of abortion and other contraceptive procedures
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Lee said in an interview with an NHK reporter that Japan is South Korea's de facto 'enemy country'
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And ran in several elections without success
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Started a civic movement as a founding member of the 'Seongnam Citizens' Association'
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Upon graduating from college, he passed the bar exam and entered the Judicial Research and Training Institute for two years in order to join the bar
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Passed the high school equivalency exam and obtained his high school diploma
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Passed the middle school equivalency exam and earned his middle school diploma
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Born 1963-12-08.
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My first objective, if I am elected president, would be to help Korea take the lead in fighting climate change, the global pandemic and the ever-speedy technological revolution. My second objective would be to help this nation achieve economic growth during this time of great struggle. When it comes to policies to boost the people
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