South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae-Myung, inherits a weak and fragile economy, battered by domestic political turmoil, ...

With voters turning out in record numbers, South Korea has elected liberal leader Lee Jae-myung to lead the country left in ...

South Korea's incoming president Lee Jae-myung assumes office with a bulging in-tray, from a deepening economic slump and ...

Lee Jae-myung won 49.42 per cent of the nearly 35 million votes cast while conservative rival Kim Moon-soo took 41.15 per ...

Analysts say both candidates were vague on their policy plans during the campaign, and Lee Jun-han, a political science ...

His turbulent life climaxed on Wednesday, as Lee, 60, the candidate of the main liberal Democratic Party, was confirmed as ...

SEOUL - South Korea's new liberal President Lee Jae-myung began his term on Wednesday (June 4), vowing to raise the country ...

The U.S. should add to its shipbuilding strategy a partnership with S. Korea, which boasts the world’s second-largest ...

South Korea will hold its next presidential election on Tuesday. Whoever wins will have to confront numerous intertwined ...

SEOUL -- South Koreans voted Tuesday in an out-of-cycle presidential election, following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched attempt to impose martial law in early December.