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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Outspoken liberal leader Lee elected South Korea’s president, capping months of political turmoil
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician ...
South Korea’s new President Lee vows to pursue talks with North and bolster ties with US and Japan
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral ...
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, ...