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A President’s Open Door: Lee Jae-myung’s Fierce Defense of Transparent Cabinet Meetings The political morning broke quietly in Seoul on October 16, but President Lee Jae-myung was already preparing for a fight — not against the opposition, but against a narrative building in the press that threatened to undermine one of his administration’s proudest pillars. At issue was the decision to keep Cabinet meetings open to the public, a policy that has divided opinion since its introduction. Earlier, on October 15, he had been photographed speaking at a meeting of senior presidential secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae, looking every bit…