{"id":97562,"date":"2026-07-24T15:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/97562\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:39:19","slug":"president-lee-skips-summer-vacation-urges-aides-to-take-theirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/97562\/","title":{"rendered":"President Lee Skips Summer Vacation, Urges Aides to Take Theirs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"President Lee Jae-myung and first lady Kim Hye-kyung walk toward Air Force One at Seoul Airport in Seongnam on the 24th before departing on a tour of the United States and South America. Yonhap News - Seoul Economic Daily Politics News from South Korea\" title=\"President Lee Skips Summer Vacation, Urges Aides to Take Theirs\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto rounded-sm\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:contain;object-position:center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rcv.YNA.20260724.PYH2026072408410001300_P1.jpg\"\/>President Lee Jae-myung and first lady Kim Hye-kyung walk toward Air Force One at Seoul Airport in Seongnam on the 24th before departing on a tour of the United States and South America. Yonhap News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">President Lee Jae-myung has decided to forgo his summer vacation this year. He has, however, encouraged his aides and cabinet members to take time off, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">&#8220;The president has decided to give up his summer vacation and instead focus on &#8216;sales diplomacy,'&#8221; a presidential office official said on the 24th. On the same day, Lee departed on an 11-day, seven-night trip to San Francisco, South America, and Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">The president&#8217;s summer vacation is typically scheduled for late July or early August. This year, with a real estate policy debate, overseas trips, and ministry work reports lined up during this period, Lee decided to devote himself to work rather than take a break to contemplate state affairs, the presidential office explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Before departing on the trip, Lee reportedly urged his presidential aides and cabinet members to &#8220;all take your vacations.&#8221; Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik conveyed Lee&#8217;s message to cabinet members on the 24th: &#8220;As the president always emphasizes, state administration must be sustainable, so please take your vacation. Only then can staff members also rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-[var(--color-text)] leading-relaxed\">Kang added, however, &#8220;Even while on vacation, please thoroughly check the reporting and response systems in preparation for emergency situations.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Lee Jae-myung and first lady Kim Hye-kyung walk toward Air Force One at Seoul Airport in Seongnam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[50601,16036,31,146,50600,11345,50599,33,49252],"class_list":["post-97562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-korea","tag-cabinet-members","tag-kang-hoon-sik","tag-korea","tag-lee-jae-myung","tag-overseas-trip","tag-presidential-office","tag-sales-diplomacy","tag-south-korea","tag-summer-vacation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}