President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday he has asked for the Philippines' cooperation in temporarily bringing a Korean national detained in the Southeast Asian nation back to face justice at home over his drug trafficking allegations. Lee disclosed the request made during his summit talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. the previous day, as part of efforts to combat transnational crime and address security concerns among Korean residents in the Philippines. "Although cases involving Korean nationals at home have significantly declined, incidents affecting Korean residents in the Philippines appear to be rising," Lee said during a meeting with Korean residents in Manila, noting the government is paying attention to the issue. Lee specifically mentioned a Korean criminal surnamed Park, who is detained in a Philippine prison for killing three Koreans and is suspected of trafficking drugs to Korea through the social media platform Telegram. He was apparently referring to Park Wang-yeol, known as the "Telegram drug kingpin," who has been serving a 60-year prison sentence in the