South Korea's new president has a Trump-shaped crisis to avert1 day ago Share Save Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent Reporting from Seoul Share SaveWatch: BBC on the ground in Seoul as new president is announcedSouth Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, has secured a storming victory, but his honeymoon will barely last the day. Lee campaigned on the promise that he would strengthen South Korea's democracy and unite the country, after a divisive and tumultuous six months. In the coming months, Trump has the power to destabilise South Korea's economy, its security, and its volatile relationship with North Korea. Before Trump's announcements, South Korea's economy was already slowing down. And there is much more than South Korea's economy at stake in these negotiations.