Trump allies have aired concerns about Lee's more conciliatory stance towards China, Washington's main geopolitical rival.

South Korea's new leader Lee Jae-myung and Donald Trump agreed in a phone call to work toward a tariff deal, Seoul said ...

The debilitating political vacuum that has reigned in Seoul since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment on ...

South Korea said newly elected President Lee Jae-myung spoke for the first time with Donald Trump and agreed to seek ...

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

At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, ...

The two skip, for now, discussing the question of possible U.S. troop reductions.

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 has passed bills to launch special investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ...

Images from the election of South Korea's new president are as peaceful and orderly as you'd expect to see in any vibrant ...

Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s next president on Wednesday following a dramatic snap election ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Jae-myung was a child laborer with an arm deformity. He attempted suicide. He later made his way ...