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South Korea’s new President Lee vows to pursue talks with North and bolster ties with US and Japan
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral ...
South Korea’s opposition leader Lee wins election as voters punish conservatives after martial law chaos
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s next president on Wednesday following a dramatic snap election ...
South Korea elects Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party as president in wake of former leader's impeachment
South Korea's voters cast their ballots in a snap presidential election sparked by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.
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Is Lee Jae-myung South Korea’s latest liberal firebrand or a pragmatic centrist?
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s campaign was marked a pragmatic pivot to the centre, but whether he will bridge ...
South Korea’s Lee rides voter anger to victory. Now he faces tough policy test
The United States on Tuesday announced it would skip doubling steel and aluminum tariffs for Britain, hours after the UK ...
He survived an assassination attempt. Now South Korea’s new president must heal divisions and tread cautiously with Trump
At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, ...