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.

The life of South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung is full of ups and downs. His family's poverty forced him to work at ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Koreans voted in Lee Jae-myung as their next president in the country's June 3 snap election to heal ...

Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party takes office Wednesday. His first task: Dealing with the economic fallout of President ...

South Koreans voted in Lee Jae-myung as their next president in the country's June 3 snap election to heal the wounds of a ...

The U.S. ally has been without a permanent leader since late last year, when then-President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached over ...

A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be as “antagonizing” toward communist U.S. adversaries is poised to ...

Facing a complex set of thorny challenges at home and abroad, Lee Jae-myung says he will deal with them with “pragmatism.” ...

After half a year of political turmoil, uncertainty and division, South Korea is voting for a new president to succeed Yoon ...

Millions of South Koreans are voting for a new president in a snap election triggered by the ouster of Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who faces a criminal trial over his short-lived imposition of marti ...

South Korean voters are choosing who will succeed former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was removed from office over his ...

Pre-election surveys suggest Yoon Suk Yeol's liberal rival, Lee Jae-myung, appears headed for an easy win, riding a wave of ...