Identify the top geopolitical priorities facing South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung.

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North Korea will open a massive coastal tourist zone with accommodations for 20,000 visitors, though lingering COVID-19 concerns and political tensions will limit initial foreign access.

Unfortunately, Lee Jae-myung now has an incentive to follow his long-held instincts and govern like an anti-American, pro-China, pro-North Korea leftist.

“The South Korean public is upset with Lee’s performance at the G-7,” Greg Scarlatoiu, president and CEO of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, told me.

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The recalibration in Seoul’s North Korea approach could offer entry points that Tokyo can use to begin rethinking its own engagement.