South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral partnership with the U.S. and Japan.

South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung says he would leave the door open for dialogue with North Korea and establish peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Facing a complex set of thorny challenges at home and abroad, Lee Jae-myung says he will deal with them with “pragmatism.”