Amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff pressure, from which seemingly no ally is safe, and China’s increasingly blatant gray-zone provocations, it is time to begin addressing the diplomatic tasks that await the new president's attention.

South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung took office with a pledge to revive a national economy threatened by Donald Trump’s tariffs just as the US president doubled duties on steel and aluminum,

South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, has secured a storming victory, but his honeymoon will barely last the day. The former opposition leader is not getting to enjoy the two-month transition period usually afforded to new leaders,