In this episode of Eye on Korea, KEI President Scott Snyder sits down with former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg for a wide-ranging conversation on South Korea's domestic political transformation with the election of new president Lee Jae-myung, and its implications for foreign policy and U.S.-ROK relations. Ambassador Goldberg reflects on the final months of his tenure in Seoul, including the declaration of martial law and impeachment proceedings of former president Yoon Suk Yeol. Drawing on decades of diplomatic experience, Goldberg assesses the health of Korean democracy, the shifting dynamics of the U.S.-Korea alliance under new leadership in both countries, and the growing strategic tension between economic ties to China and security cooperation with the U.S. We discuss South Korea’s global rise in industries like semiconductors and EVs, the demographic and economic challenges ahead, and the evolving posture toward North Korea in the face of renewed ties between Pyongyang and Moscow. Like and subscribe to the Korea Economic Institute of America on YouTube for more U.S.-South Korea news, analysis, politics and more! [KEI is registered under the FARA as an agent of the KIEP, a public corporation established by the government of the Republic of Korea. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.]______Eye on Korea is distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License, which can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/