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Podcast: In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Episode: South Korea's Lee plays it safe on diplomacy
Description: South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung has made his first foray into global diplomacy with trips to Japan and the United States. Meetings with the leaders of those two countries both took place in a positive atmosphere and are being regarded as a success.
NHK World editor-in-chief and former Seoul bureau chief Aoki Yoshiyuki looks at how the visits played out ― and considers critical issues that were left out of the talks and need to be addressed in the future.