#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//#pragma GCC optimize ("O3")
//#pragma GCC target ("sse4")
#define endl "\n"
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
template<class T, class T2> inline bool chkmax(T &x, const T2 &y) { return x < y ? x = y, 1 : 0; }
template<class T, class T2> inline bool chkmin(T &x, const T2 &y) { return x > y ? x = y, 1 : 0; }
const ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
template<class T> inline void fix(T &x) {if(labs(x) >= mod) {x %= mod;} if(x < 0) {x += mod;}}
#define out(x) cout << __LINE__ << ": " << (#x) << " = " << (x) << endl
const int MAX_N = 1e5 + 10, MAX_K = 110;
int arr[MAX_N], n, k;
int dpFinished[MAX_N][MAX_K];
int dpOpen[MAX_N][MAX_K];
signed main() {
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(NULL);
cin >> n >> k;
for(int i = 1; i <= n; i ++) {
cin >> arr[i];
}
for(int i = 0; i <= n; i ++) {
for(int j = 0; j <= k; j ++) {
dpFinished[i][j] = dpOpen[i][j] = mod;
}
}
stack<pair<int, int> > st;
for(int i = 1; i <= n; i ++) {
while(!st.empty() && st.top().first <= arr[i]) {
for(int j = 1; j <= k; j ++) {
chkmin(dpFinished[i][j], min(dpFinished[st.top().second][j - 1], dpOpen[st.top().second][j - 1]) + arr[i]);
chkmin(dpOpen[i][j], min(dpOpen[st.top().second][j], dpFinished[st.top().second][j]));
}
st.pop();
}
if(st.empty()) {
chkmin(dpFinished[i][1], arr[i]);
} else {
for(int j = 1; j <= k; j ++) {
chkmin(dpFinished[i][j], min(dpFinished[st.top().second][j], dpFinished[st.top().second][j - 1] + arr[i]));
}
}
st.push({arr[i], i});
}
/*
for(int i = 1; i <= n; i ++) {
for(int j = 0; j <= k; j ++) {
cout << "{" << dpFinished[i][j] << " " << dpOpen[i][j] << "} ";
}
cout << endl;
}*/
cout << dpFinished[n][k] << endl;
return 0;
}
