South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held their first bilateral summit Tuesday, on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Toronto.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer mistakenly greeted a South Korean interpreter instead of President Lee Jae-myung at the G7 summit, causing a brief moment of confusion. Despite the mix-up, both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening UK-South Korea ties,

But that progress was thrown into question last December when Yoon Suk Yeol, then South Korea’s president, briefly imposed martial law. Although he was ultimately impeached, the episode raised troubling questions about the health of the country’s democracy,