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 ...

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

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

President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday that he hopes citizens would join a move to dine out as part of efforts to boost domestic demand. On Friday, Lee had dinne ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, gestures as he greets his supporters in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, June 4, 2025. Reuters ...

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 ...

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 ...