Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea was elected South Korea's 21st president and subsequently sworn into office.

(Reuters) -South Korea has elected liberal Lee Jae-myung as president to lead the country through a tumultuous period that ...

Hours after Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as the president of South Korea early on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, ...

There are perceptions that South Korean diplomacy oscillates wildly, depending on the ruling party of the day. Read more at ...

At first glance, South Korea’s next president will be less Western aligned than the last, emphasising pragmatism over ...

The U.S. ally has been without a permanent leader since late last year, when Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over his botched ...

President Lee Jae-myung has pledged to tackle the economy and improve relations with North Korea after his swearing-in.

Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party takes office Wednesday. His first task: Dealing with the economic fallout of President ...

South Korea had been navigating six months of political turbulence following former President Yoon Suk-Yeol's brief ...

New South Korean President Lee Jae-myung described his victory as the start of the country’s return to normalcy, after ...

Millions of South Koreans will vote for a new president next week, as Seoul deals with a mercurial US, faces the rising power ...