SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, has spoken by phone to U.S. President Donald Trump, Lee's office said on Friday. Lee was elected in a June 3 snap election after the U.S.

Third time’s the charm for Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung, now South Korea’s 14th president. The 61-year-old former ...

Lee's victory in a ballot to replace Yoon Suk Yeol, impeached after trying to launch a coup, caps an extraordinary life that ...

South Korea's right is looking to remake itself after a massive defeat in this week's snap presidential election that left it ...

One of the most consequential missteps in US Korea policy under the Biden administration was the failure to engage with South Korea’s domestic political ...

A doctored image of US President Donald Trump apparently holding up a message in support of impeached South Korean leader ...

On the second day of President Lee Jae-myung's administration, the National Assembly passed three special counsel bills: the martial law special counsel, the Kim Keon Hee special counsel and the ...

Journalist Jean Lee is the East-West Center’s inaugural presidential chair and previously covered Korean politics as an ...

South Korea's new president greenlights special probes into ex-leader Yoon's martial law and his wife's corruption cases.

SOUTH KOREA’S liberal-led parliament passed Bills today to launch special investigations into former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law in December and criminal ...