President Lee Jae-myung said Saturday that he hopes citizens would join a move to dine out as part of efforts to boost ...

Marking his first month in office on Thursday, Lee Jae-myung said that one of his government’s priorities was to ensure the ...

South Korea has elected liberal Lee Jae-myung as president to lead the country through a tumultuous period that will require negotiating trade tariffs with the U.S. and mending the scars from his ...

South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung is one month into the mammoth task of uniting a nation still reeling from a period of ...

Exit polls project a win for the veteran center-left leader—closing a tumultuous chapter in South Korea's politics, writes Ian Bremmer.

Lee Jae-myung, with nearly 49 percent, is leading his main challenger, Kim Moon-soo, who has 42.6 percent, according to a tally by South Korea’s National Election Commission. June 3, 2025, 11:04 ...

SEOUL, June 4 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Lee Jae-myung formally began his single five-year term after the National Election Commission confirmed his election victory on Wednesday. Lee assumed ...

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung arrives at a heliport in Seoul on Jan. 2, 2024, after he was stabbed in the neck during a visit to Busan. Im Hwa-young—Yonhap/AP ...

S ix months of turmoil in South Korea are over. Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party won a commanding victory, with 49.4% of the vote, in the snap presidential elections held on June 3rd ...

W HEN SOUTH KOREA’S president, Yoon Suk Yeol, sent troops streaming into the country’s National Assembly on December 3rd, Lee Jae-myung turned on his livestream. Viewers watched on a shaky ...

He Might Be South Korea’s Next President. All He Has to Do Is Impeach the Current One. Lee Jae-myung, head of the left-leaning Democratic Party, has been compared to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump ...