The White House on Tuesday said that South Korea's election — in which liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung secured the presidency — was conducted fairly. However, it voiced concerns over interference from ...

The nation’s stock benchmark, KOSPI jumped 1.9% in early trading Wednesday. The won rose 0.3% against the dollar, extending ...

South Korea’s centre-left Lee Jae-myung was declared president Wednesday after winning a snap election, taking the helm of a ...

Lee Jae-myung won 49.42 per cent of the nearly 35 million votes cast while conservative rival Kim Moon-soo took 41.15 per ...

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

Democratic Party of South Korea candidate Lee Jae-myung rode a wave of resentment toward ousted former President Yoon Suk ...

Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading progressive politician, vowing to fight ...

The White House said on Tuesday that South Korea's election, which saw liberal party candidate Lee Jae-myung win the ...

Lee Jae-myung’s hardscrabble path to the South Korean presidency mirrors his country’s stratospheric rise from grinding ...

South Korea sees a transformational political shift with the election of liberal President Lee Jae-myung, who aims to ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician ...

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.