Lee Jae-myung will be one of the most powerful presidents in decades in South Korea, but he is taking over during a perilous political atmosphere.

South Korea woke on Wednesday to a new liberal president, Lee Jae-myung, who vowed to raise the country from the turmoil of a ...

The life of South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung is full of ups and downs. His family's poverty forced him to work at ...

Liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung has been elected president of South Korea. South Korean media outlets including ...

Liberal Lee Jae-myung defeated Kim Moon-soo in South Korea's election after Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, prompting potential changes in foreign policy focus.

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

Liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung has been elected president of South Korea. South Korean media outlets including ...

South Koreans voted in Lee Jae-myung as their next president in the country's June 3 snap election to heal the wounds of a ...

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