{"id":25790,"date":"2025-06-05T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=25790"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:14:59","slug":"lee-jae-myung-returns-to-power-in-south-korea-with-support-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/lee-jae-myung-returns-to-power-in-south-korea-with-support-for-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Jae-myung Returns to Power in South Korea with Support for Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Jae-myung, 60, was elected this week as President of South Korea, defeating the conservative ruling party\u2019s candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Lee has been involved in a number of criminal investigations. The most prominent focused on a wide-scale urban corruption affair during his time as a city mayor. Prosecutors alleged that a real estate development project under his oversight was managed in a way that favored associates, generating enormous profits for private companies. Lee denied any direct involvement in wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>He also faced indictments for obstruction of justice, spreading false information, and suspected abuse of authority. Some of the cases were closed, and in others, no charges were filed. Although never convicted, the investigations damaged his public image.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25793\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25793 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-26-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-26-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-26-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-26-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-26-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-26.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Political poster featuring the 2022 South Korean presidential candidates | Photo: Ki young \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Expressed Appreciation for Israel<\/strong><br \/>\nIn February 2025, prior to his election, Lee met with Israel\u2019s ambassador to South Korea, Rafael Harpaz.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, he congratulated Israel on the ceasefire that had taken effect at the time in the Gaza Strip, and expressed admiration for Israel\u2019s capabilities in innovation, high-tech, and the defense industry. He emphasized the importance of strengthening economic ties between the two countries, and positively noted Israel\u2019s support for South Korea during the Korean War.<\/p>\n<p>The visit drew criticism from civil organizations in South Korea, which called on him to condemn Israel\u2019s policy in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement of the election results, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Lee on his victory and expressed hope for continued strengthening of ties between Israel and South Korea, \u201cbased on democratic values, innovation, and shared goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to President Lee Jae-myung on your election victory! Israel cherishes its strong partnership with Korea, built on shared democratic values, innovation, and deep ties between our peoples.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1930307029094035642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Jae-myung, who survived years of investigations, a previous election loss, and even an attempted prosecution, has returned to the forefront of South Korean politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":25792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8,65],"tags":[2029,1480,6407,6406,6405,6404,6403],"class_list":["post-25790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-politics","category-world","tag-elections","tag-israel","tag-israel-south-korea-relations","tag-korean-war","tag-lee-jae-myung","tag-north-korea","tag-south-korea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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