#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
void DBG() { cerr << "]\n"; }
template<class H, class... T> void DBG(H h, T... t) {
cerr << h; if(sizeof...(t)) cerr << ", ";
DBG(t...);
}
#ifdef LOCAL
#define dbg(...) cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]: [", DBG(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define dbg(...) 0
#endif // LOCAL
#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i = (a) ; i<(b) ; i++)
#define F0R(i,a) FOR(i,0,a)
#define ROF(i,a,b) for(int i = (b)-1 ; i>=(a) ; i--)
#define R0F(i,a) ROF(i,0,a)
#define each(e,a) for(auto &e : (a))
#define sz(v) (int)(v).size()
#define all(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define rall(v) (v).rbegin(),(v).rend()
#define pb push_back
#define tcT template<class T
#define nl "\n"
#define fi first
#define se second
using ll = long long;
using vi = vector<int>;
using pi = pair<int,int>;
using str = string;
using db = long double;
tcT> using V = vector<T>;
tcT> using pqg = priority_queue<T,vector<T>,greater<T>>;
void setIO(string NAME = "") {
cin.tie(0)->sync_with_stdio(0);
if(sz(NAME)) {
freopen((NAME + ".inp").c_str(),"r",stdin);
freopen((NAME + ".out").c_str(),"w",stdout);
}
}
tcT> bool ckmin(T&a, const T&b) {
return b < a ? a=b,1 : 0; }
tcT> bool ckmax(T&a, const T&b) {
return b > a ? a=b,1 : 0; }
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const ll INF = 1e18;
struct Dat {
int mx, predp, mndp;
};
const int MX = 1e5+5;
int N, K, A[MX];
int dp[2][MX];
void solve() {
cin >> N >> K;
FOR(i,1,N+1) cin >> A[i];
memset(dp, 0x3f, sizeof dp);
dp[0][0] = 0;
FOR(k,1,K+1) {
// memset(dp[k&1], 0x3f, sizeof dp[k&1]);
stack<Dat> st;
FOR(i,k,N+1) {
int predp = dp[k&1^1][i-1];
while(sz(st) && st.top().mx <= A[i]) {
ckmin(predp, st.top().predp);
st.pop();
}
dp[k&1][i] = predp + A[i];
if(sz(st)) {
ckmin(dp[k&1][i], st.top().mndp);
}
int mndp = predp + A[i];
if(sz(st)) ckmin(mndp, st.top().mndp);
st.push({A[i], predp, mndp});
}
}
cout << dp[K&1][N] << nl;
}
int main() {
setIO();
int t=1;
//cin>>t;
while(t-->0) {
solve();
}
return 0;
}
