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South Korea’s New President Could Transform the Korean Peninsula
The debilitating political vacuum that has reigned in Seoul since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment on ...
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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South Korea’s Leftist New President Presses Cases Against His Predecessor and Others on the Right
The national assembly passes bills calling for investigations of Yoon Suk-yeol’s abortive attempt at imposing martial law ...
South Korea's new leader Lee has lived a turbulent life. Now, big challenges await him
SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Jae-myung was a child laborer with an arm deformity. He attempted suicide. He later made his way ...
He Survived a Knife to the Neck. Now He’ll Lead a Divided South Korea.
Lee Jae-myung will be one of the most powerful presidents in decades in South Korea, but he is taking over during a perilous ...
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, ...
South Korea's liberal-led legislature passes bills calling for special probes into Yoon and wife
South Korea’s liberal-led legislature has passed bills to launch special investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ...
North Korea says it has raised a capsized destroyer upright as it continues repair
The report by North Korean state media aligned with South Korean military assessments and recent commercial satellite images, ...