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

The White House said on Tuesday that South Korea's election, which saw liberal party candidate Lee Jae-myung win the ...

Facing a complex set of thorny challenges at home and abroad, Lee Jae-myung says he will deal with them with “pragmatism.” ...

Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s next president on Wednesday following a dramatic snap election ...

South Korea's voters cast their ballots in a snap presidential election sparked by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.

South Korea's transformation from colonial subjugation and a war-ravaged state into one of the world's leading economies and ...

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

South Koreans headed to the polls in record numbers on Tuesday to vote for a new president exactly six months after the ...

S ix months of turmoil in South Korea are over. Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party won a commanding victory, with ...

South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, has secured a storming victory, but his honeymoon will barely last the day. The ...

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

South Korea's liberal party candidate, Lee Jae-myung, was elected president in Tuesday's snap election, six months to the day ...