Anthony Kuhn

Speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump said his trade deals with foreign countries are going well.

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Some economists note that $350 billion is more than twice the annual value of South Korea's exports to the U.S.

Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul.

Well, the martial law crisis turned many people against the ruling party, and it opened a rift within the ruling party between politicians who supported martial law and those who opposed it. We spoke to Chae Soo-ji, who is 43 and with her young son, and she says she remembers seeing tanks in her neighborhood when martial law was declared.

Well, the martial law crisis turned many people against the ruling party, and it opened a rift within the ruling party between politicians who supported martial law and those who opposed it. We spoke to Chae Soo-ji, who is 43 and with her young son, and she says she remembers seeing tanks in her neighborhood when martial law was declared.

Well, the martial law crisis turned many people against the ruling party, and it opened a rift within the ruling party between politicians who supported martial law and those who opposed it. We spoke to Chae Soo-ji, who is 43 and with her young son, and she says she remembers seeing tanks in her neighborhood when martial law was declared.

She told us, when we saw the news the next morning, my children got very scared and we were also very nervous wondering what's going on. I just felt so sorry that our children had to experience and see all that, things that we'd only seen in movies and books. So the martial law crisis shook South Koreans' confidence in their democracy.

She told us, when we saw the news the next morning, my children got very scared and we were also very nervous wondering what's going on. I just felt so sorry that our children had to experience and see all that, things that we'd only seen in movies and books. So the martial law crisis shook South Koreans' confidence in their democracy.

She told us, when we saw the news the next morning, my children got very scared and we were also very nervous wondering what's going on. I just felt so sorry that our children had to experience and see all that, things that we'd only seen in movies and books. So the martial law crisis shook South Koreans' confidence in their democracy.

It spurred many of them to take to the streets to defend democracy. And it appears to have also sent them to the polls today to hold their politicians accountable. Okay, so who's the frontrunner? Well, this is really E.J. Myung's race and his double-digit lead in the polls to lose. E.J. Myung is a former human rights lawyer.

It spurred many of them to take to the streets to defend democracy. And it appears to have also sent them to the polls today to hold their politicians accountable. Okay, so who's the frontrunner? Well, this is really E.J. Myung's race and his double-digit lead in the polls to lose. E.J. Myung is a former human rights lawyer.

It spurred many of them to take to the streets to defend democracy. And it appears to have also sent them to the polls today to hold their politicians accountable. Okay, so who's the frontrunner? Well, this is really E.J. Myung's race and his double-digit lead in the polls to lose. E.J. Myung is a former human rights lawyer.

He's been leading the left-of-center opposition Democratic Party, but he's moderated his liberal stances some to appeal to centrist voters. He's promised more checks and balances to limit presidential power and avoid a future power grab like the martial law incident. And he's promised a stronger safety net, such as subsidies to young families, to boost the country's plunging birth rate.

He's been leading the left-of-center opposition Democratic Party, but he's moderated his liberal stances some to appeal to centrist voters. He's promised more checks and balances to limit presidential power and avoid a future power grab like the martial law incident. And he's promised a stronger safety net, such as subsidies to young families, to boost the country's plunging birth rate.

He's been leading the left-of-center opposition Democratic Party, but he's moderated his liberal stances some to appeal to centrist voters. He's promised more checks and balances to limit presidential power and avoid a future power grab like the martial law incident. And he's promised a stronger safety net, such as subsidies to young families, to boost the country's plunging birth rate.

Frontrunner Lee Jae-myung still has a comfortable lead, but ex-president Yoon Song-yeol did succeed in rallying his conservative base, even while he was being impeached. Also, frontrunner Lee Jae-myung has been dogged by allegations of corruption, and we spoke to one voter, Jang Cheol-ho, who was concerned about those charges and therefore voted for the conservative candidate Kim Moon-soo.

Frontrunner Lee Jae-myung still has a comfortable lead, but ex-president Yoon Song-yeol did succeed in rallying his conservative base, even while he was being impeached. Also, frontrunner Lee Jae-myung has been dogged by allegations of corruption, and we spoke to one voter, Jang Cheol-ho, who was concerned about those charges and therefore voted for the conservative candidate Kim Moon-soo.

Frontrunner Lee Jae-myung still has a comfortable lead, but ex-president Yoon Song-yeol did succeed in rallying his conservative base, even while he was being impeached. Also, frontrunner Lee Jae-myung has been dogged by allegations of corruption, and we spoke to one voter, Jang Cheol-ho, who was concerned about those charges and therefore voted for the conservative candidate Kim Moon-soo.

He said, if that kind of criminal, in other words, Lee Jae-myung, becomes president, I think there will be no future for South Korea's democracy. China is encroaching on our economy and politics, and I can't let my children and grandchildren live in a Chinese colony. So South Korean conservatives are distrustful of China.