frozen snapshot — 2026-09-01 · see today →

What's on Lee Jae-myung's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

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the policy chief who walked 28% · newthe approval number 21% the record 2027 budget 16% · newthe housing-supply blitz 12% · neweverything else 23%

Kim Yong-beom hands in the resignation, and Lee takes it

The first policy chief of the Lee era exits amid the single-stock leveraged ETF backlash and a half-reversed property tax reform.

South Korea's Lee drops top policy adviser as housing concerns weigh on support

Reuters · 2026-09-01

our translation

someone had to carry the etf blowup and the tax retreat out of the building, and it was never going to be him. the reshuffle needed one more body before it counted as a reset.

new — Resignation accepted amid ETF and tax rollbackvery sure · 4 sources

Below 40 for the first time: 38.9%, and seven weeks of sliding

38.9%, seventh straight weekly declinevery sure · 4 sources

820.9 trillion won, and a very large share of it says 'AI'

new — Cabinet approved 820.9 trillion won todayvery sure · 4 sources

The PM stakes his job on supply while Lee war-games a price crash

new — PM stakes job on housing supplypretty sure · 4 sources

tuesday, september 1

Preside over the Cabinet meeting that signs off the 2027 budget(on the schedule)

Find someone willing to be the next policy chief(reported)

Ask, out loud and again, about Chuseok food prices(safe bet)

Read the approval tracker before anyone brings it up(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Lee to preside over Cabinet meeting on 2027 government budget proposal

news.google.com · 2026-09-01

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