There are perceptions that South Korean diplomacy oscillates wildly, depending on the ruling party of the day. Read more at ...

Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea was elected South Korea's 21st president and subsequently sworn into office.

South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung pledged to reach out to the nuclear-armed North and “heal wounds” as he assumed office ...

At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, ...

Then there will be the whole question of South Korea’s historic relationship with America. The bond, our Donald Kirk reminds ...

Winning a tense election that capped off months of political turmoil, new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung described his ...

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

South Korea’s presidential election result was never really in doubt. The real question is which version of Lee Jae-myung ...

Images from the election of South Korea’s new president, liberal Lee Jae-myung, are everything you’d expect to see in one of ...

ANALYSIS: Lee Jae Myung takes on the leadership of South Korea with one of the strongest public mandates in decades – but also facing the daunting task of renegotiating Seoul’s relationship with the ...

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

Images from the election of South Korea's new president, liberal Lee Jae-myung, are everything you’d expect to see in one of ...