But that progress was thrown into question last December when Yoon Suk Yeol, then South Korea’s president, briefly imposed martial law. Although he was ultimately impeached, the episode raised troubling questions about the health of the country’s democracy,

South Korea’s new President Lee is signaling openness to diplomacy with North Korea, and with Trump’s return, renewed inter-Korean dialogue may be possible, but concrete progress remains uncertain.

Korean President Lee Jae Myung's much-anticipated first bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for Tuesday in Canada was thwarted after the American leader decided to leave the Group of 7 (G7) summit early.