At the time, many observers remained skeptical, viewing the remarks as little more than diplomatic niceties. Yet, in pledging ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a five-term liberal lawmaker as defense minister, breaking with a ...

In an era of volatile allies and summit performance art, strategic patience might just be South Korea’s best weapon.

President Lee Jae Myung appoints Ahn Gyu-back as South Korea's first civilian Defence Minister in 64 years, fulfilling ...

We can already see the contours of a “middle power plus” strategy under Lee.

S ix months of turmoil in South Korea are over. Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party won a commanding victory, with 49.4% of the vote, in the snap presidential elections held on June 3rd to ...

South Korea has elected liberal Lee Jae-myung as president to lead the country through a tumultuous period that will require negotiating trade tariffs with the U.S. and mending the scars from his ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung plans to hold key bilateral talks at the G7 summit in Canada to address trade issues and ...

South Korea's election authority has officially confirmed Lee Jae-myung the country's new president. "The presidential term begins the moment the winner is confirmed, so I will now confirm the time.

South Korea's newly inaugurated President Lee Jae-Myung held his first "lunchbox roundtable" with leaders of the nation's top ...

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

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, gestures as he greets his supporters in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, June 4, 2025. Reuters ...