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Lee says will resolve 'pending issues' with allies thru mutual respect

Published: 28 Apr. 2026, 13:31

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the Blue House in Jongno District, central Seoul, on April 28. [YONHAP]

Issues between close allies should be resolved based on mutual respect and fundamental principles, President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday.

Lee made the remarks during a Cabinet meeting at the Blue House, stressing that "cooperation with traditional allies should also be developed."

"[We] need the wisdom to build healthy, future-oriented relations with traditional allies, while resolving pending issues based on mutual respect, common sense and principles," he said.

"[I] will also devote myself to diplomacy aimed at building genuine friendship with allies, with confidence as a sovereign nation," the president added.

The president did not provide specific backgrounds. The remarks came amid diplomatic frictions over Washington's reported complaints about Seoul's handling of a massive information breach at Coupang, a U.S.-listed e-commerce firm, and the disclosure by a Seoul minister that Kusong may be a North Korean uranium enrichment site.

Earlier reports suggested that Washington has partially suspended information sharing on North Korea's nuclear facilities with Seoul over Unification Minister Chung Dong-young's public reference to Kusong as a uranium enrichment site, which it believes was based on U.S.-shared intelligence.

Yonhap