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

Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea has clinched the presidency, turning the page on six months of relentless ...

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

South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung has taken the oath of office. He stressed the need for reconciliation and the ...

South Korean politics nearly imploded after former President ... third televised presidential debate for the forthcoming June 3 presidential election at MBC studio on May 27, 2025 in Seoul, South ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's second naval destroyer was damaged ... after a transport cradle on the stern section slid off first and became stuck, according to the Korean Central ...

Kim Moon-soo's concession means Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung has won the election to be South Korea's next leader ...

It would mark the first ... third-largest number of American troops outside the U.S.—after Japan and Germany—stationed there to help defend Seoul against threats from nuclear-armed North Korea ...

Millions had already voted during the two-day early voting period last week, with more than one-third ... Korea effectively leaderless for the first months of US President Donald Trump’s second ...

South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung vowed to reach out to the nuclear-armed North and "heal wounds" as he took office ...

The US-China rivalry is becoming the defining geopolitical contest of the 21st century, with Washington and Beijing ...