Trump allies have aired concerns about Lee's more conciliatory stance towards China, Washington's main geopolitical rival.

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

The debilitating political vacuum that has reigned in Seoul since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment on ...

South Korea said newly elected President Lee Jae-myung spoke for the first time with Donald Trump and agreed to seek ...

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

Lee Jae-myung will be one of the most powerful presidents in decades in South Korea, but he is taking over during a perilous ...

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

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

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

Images from the election of South Korea's new president are as peaceful and orderly as you’d expect to see in any vibrant ...

South Koreans headed to the polls in record numbers on Tuesday to vote for a new president exactly six months after the ...

Lee faces the most daunting set of challenges for a South Korean leader in nearly three decades, ranging from healing a ...