Former U.S. ambassadors to South Korea and members of the board at The Korea Society were featured in a prominent discussion about South Korea's newly elected president Lee Jae-myung for the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). Ambassadors Philip Goldberg (2022–2025), Harry Harris (2018–2021), and Board Chair Kathleen Stephens (2008–2011) analyzed the outcome of the election amidst deep political polarization and implications for the future of the U.S.-Korea alliance.