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

Liberal Party candidate Lee Jae-myung's victory follows a backlash against Conservative leader Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of ...

An election was triggered in April by the removal of then-President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law late ...

Winning a tense election that capped off months of political turmoil, new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung described his ...

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

President Lee Jae-myung said he'll pursue pragmatic diplomacy and boost a trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo cooperation based on the South Korea-U.S. alliance. Lee won a snap election Tuesday for a ...

ANALYSIS: Lee Jae Myung takes on the leadership of South Korea with one of the strongest public mandates in decades – but also facing the daunting task of renegotiating Seoul’s relationship with the ...

South Korea’s liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was poised to win an early presidential election, vote counts and ...

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.