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

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

TOKYO/CHONGQING: South Korea's East Asian neighbours Japan and China on Wednesday (June 4) quickly congratulated President ...

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

MOSCOW, June 4. /TASS/. Ukraine's terrorist activities threaten to disrupt the negotiation process; NATO intends to militarize the Arctic region; and South Korea’s presidential election outcome may ...

Lee Jae Myung takes on the leadership of South Korea with one of the strongest public mandates in decades – but also facing ...

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

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

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

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

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

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