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

Mr Lee's first day in office was marked by the US doubling of steel and aluminium tariffs coming into effect. Read more at ...

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

Left-leaning election winner has previously made controversial foreign policy statements and could move Seoul closer to Beijing, at a time when North Korea poses a growing threat.

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 ...

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

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

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