# South Korea’s Lee rejects ‘submissive’ diplomacy amid intelligence dispute with US

https://mins.news/en/item/97473

- TRT World, 2026-10-13 05:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/c436d4bcd4a4

> Amid an intelligence dispute with the United States, Lee rejected the description of South Korea’s diplomacy as “submissive.” He called the alliance with Washington “very important” and the cornerstone of Seoul’s foreign policy.

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