South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung named veteran lawmaker Ahn Gyu-back as the country's first civilian defence minister in ...

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral ...

South Korea’s new President Lee is signaling openness to diplomacy with North Korea, and with Trump’s return, renewed ...

President Lee Jae-myung’s softer North Korea strategy, echoing past failed efforts, is unlikely to succeed. Pyongyang seeks ...

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

His turbulent life climaxed, as Lee, 60, the candidate of the main liberal Democratic Party, was elected as South Korea's new president to succeed his conservative archrival Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ...

But after Yoon made a botched attempt to place South Korea under martial law in December and, as a consequence, was impeached out of office, Lee projected himself as the protector of the ...

A Seoul court said on Monday it will indefinitely postpone a trial of President Lee Jae-myung on charges of violating election law in 2022.

Lee will need to appeal to President Donald Trump on issues including the steep tariffs against South Korea’s key industries, including steel and autos, and his desire to scale back the number ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician vowing to fight inequality and corruption, was elected president ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's main liberal party, has won the country's presidential election, following months of political turmoil after the last president was ...