Under the current South Korean president, relations with China have worsened.
The claim cannot be verified as the provided academic sources contain no information regarding the current South Korean president or contemporary relations with China.
A rigorous review of the provided academic sources indicates that none of them contain data or analysis regarding the current South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, or the state of South Korea-China relations under his administration. Source [1] is titled 'The Impact of South Korea's Alignment with the U.S.-Japan on China-South Korea Relations' (2025), but it contains no abstract or body text to evaluate. The remaining sources cover unrelated topics, such as historical U.S.-South Korean relations from 1992 [2], Japan-South Korea relations under President Obama [3], COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs [4], Indonesian foreign policy [5], and the KOF Globalisation Index [6]. Because the provided literature lacks any relevant evidence, the claim remains entirely unproven.
Sources
The Impact of South Korea's Alignment with the U.S.-Japan on China-South Korea Relations: An Empirical Analysis Using Statistical Analysis
https://doi.org/10.29152/koiks.2025.56.2.169Alliance Under Tension: The Evolution of South Korean-U.S. Relations (review)
https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.1992.0007President Obama and Japan-South Korean Relations
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137541710_13Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114912Leadership Psychology, Strategic Autonomy, and South-South Cooperation: Indonesia’s Foreign Policy Under President Prabowo Subianto at The 2025 BRICS Summit
https://doi.org/10.24252/rir.v8i1.65141The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-019-09344-2Factcheck
APA 7th Edition (Publication Manual)