SEOUL -- Following Lee Jae-myung's victory in South Korea's presidential election, the U.S. State Department issued a statement filled with standard phrases touting the "ironclad commitment" to the two countries' alliance and pledges to deepen three-way cooperation with Japan.
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Throughout his campaign, newly elected South Korean President Lee Jae-myung refrained from any confrontational statements about trade and defense in relation to the U.S., and emphasized "pragmatic diplomacy." (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
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