South Korea: New President Lee vows to revive economy

South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae-myung, vows to revive the economy and restore stability following a failed martial law attempt.

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00:00South Korea's new liberal president Lee Jae-myung pledges to lift the nation from the brink of collapse

00:06following a failed martial law attempt.

00:09He vows to revive an economy battered by global protectionism.

00:13Lee's landslide win in Tuesday's snap election marks a political shift in Asia's fourth-largest economy

00:19after widespread backlash toppled Yoon Suk-yul just three years into his term.

00:30무관심과 무책임으로 무너진 민생과 경제

00:35그리고 장갑차와 자동소총에 파괴된 우리의 민주주의를 다시 일으켜 세울 시간입니다.

00:46이재명 정부는 실용적 시장주의 정부가 될 것입니다.

00:52국익중심의 실용외교를 통해 글로벌 경제 안보 환경 대전환의 위기를

00:58국익 극대화의 기회로 만들겠습니다.

01:04국권한 한미 동맹을 토대로

01:06한미일 협력을 다지고

01:09주변 국가의 관계도

01:12국익과 실용의 관점에서 접근하겠습니다.

01:17Lee faces what could be the most daunting set of challenges

01:20for a South Korean leader in nearly three decades

01:23ranging from healing a country deeply scarred by the martial law attempt

01:27to tackling unpredictable protectionist moves by the US

01:31a major trading partner and a security ally.