South Korean voters swung left in the presidential race Tuesday, and conservative candidate Kim Moon-soo conceded defeat to liberal opponent Lee Jae-myung in the snap election.Kim, candidate of the ...

South Korea’s main conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo has conceded defeat in the presidential election. Kim, the candidate of the People Power Party, told a news conference early Wednesday that he ...

President Lee Jae-myung’s softer North Korea strategy, echoing past failed efforts, is unlikely to succeed. Pyongyang seeks ...

The winner of Tuesday’s presidential election in South Korea will take office just a day later, forgoing the usual, two-month ...

Amid deterioration of Korea-Japan relations and a cautious engagement with the US’s Indo-Pacific strategy, President Lee ...

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party, was elected president following months of political instability in the wake of ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung appointed Yeo Han-koo, a seasoned trade negotiator, as the new trade minister to guide ...

South Koreans are voting on Tuesday for a new president in a snap election following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law declaration.

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

South Korea's conservative candidate Kim Moon-soo is seeking to build momentum in his campaign by pledging economic policies focused on deregulation, a tough line on nuclear-armed North Korea and tax ...

Other evangelicals, like 70-year-old Gil Min-hwa, voted for Kim because she wants to see North and South Korea reunified. In ...

Following the declaration of martial law in December 2024, Kim made headlines for opposing the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.