30 DAYS IN OFFICE: PRESIDENT LEE'S FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE

Hello and welcome to our special live coverage of President Lee Jae Myung's first formal press conference marking his first 30 days in office.

In just a few moments, President Lee will give his speech and take questions from reporters on a wide range of issues --including the economy, politics, diplomacy, security, and culture.

Today's press conference comes a month after President Lee's inauguration, after he won a snap election in early June.

While former presidents typically held their first press conferences around the one-hundred-day mark, President Lee is meeting the press much earlier.

Today's event will be held in the form of a 'town hall meeting,' with the presidential office hoping this will serve as an opportunity for the president to engage more effectively with journalists.

Unlike the traditional format where the President stands at a podium, the event will be held as a town hall meeting, where members of the press corps will sit close to the president, ask questions directly, with no restrictions on topics.

Since taking office, President Lee has been focusing on getting the country back on track, especially after the country was left without a leader for several months --following the declaration of martial law in December.

We see President Lee Jae Myung entering the press conference room.

It appears the press conference is about to start, we'll come back right afterwards.