Panel: Can South Korea's new leader heal a fractured nation?

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  Hello and welcome to World Today.

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  I'm Zhao Ying.

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  South Korea has elected a new leader after six months of political turmoil.

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  New President Lee Jae-myung began his term on Wednesday.

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  He pledged to raise the country from what it described as the near destruction caused by a martial law crisis and revive an economy facing global protectionism.

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  It is time to rebuild national security and peace,

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  which have become tools of political strife.

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  People's livelihoods and the economy,

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  which have collapsed due to indifference, incompetence and irresponsibility."

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  Lee also emphasized a pragmatic and national-interest-centered approach in diplomacy.

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  We will strengthen the U.S.-Korea alliance,

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  bolster Korea-US-Japan cooperation based on it,

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  and manage relations with neighboring countries from a practical,

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  national-interest perspective.

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  How will president Lee unite a divided country and revive a slumping economy?

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  And could we see a reorientation in South Korea's foreign policy?

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  For these questions and more, we are joined by Rongying,

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