As South Korea’s president since June 2025, Lee Jae-myung benefits from constitutional immunity under Article 84, which suspends all prior criminal proceedings—including election-law, graft, and remittance cases—except for insurrection or treason during his term through 2030. Courts have indefinitely postponed trials, and no new indictments have emerged that could override this protection. Recent diplomatic engagements with U.S. and Chinese officials, combined with his Democratic Party’s legislative majority ahead of June local elections, have further stabilized his position. Opposition petitions and criticism continue but lack the votes or procedural traction for impeachment or arrest before the end of 2026, aligning with trader consensus that such an outcome remains unlikely absent a major unforeseen breach of immunity thresholds.