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Lee Jae-myung’s attendance at the meeting of major powers will be the new president’s first overseas trip since taking office ...
Successive South Korean presidents have promised to raise the historically low valuations of the country’s listed companies — ...
The annual Seoul Queer Culture Festival was held in the South Korean capital on Saturday after the country ushered in a new liberal president, though it ...
New South Korean President Lee Jae-myung described his victory as the start of the country’s return to normalcy, after ...
At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, ...
After half a year of political turmoil, uncertainty and division, South Korea is voting for a new president to succeed Yoon ...
President Lee had promised to break that streak, but has launched his own probe into his predecessor.Despite pleas for ...
Lee Jae-myung, has an almost impossible agenda. He wants to be all things to all sides, domestically and internationally.
The debilitating political vacuum that has reigned in Seoul since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment on ...
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral ...
Facing a complex set of thorny challenges at home and abroad, Lee Jae-myung says he will deal with them with “pragmatism.” ...
South Korea has elected a new president after months of political turmoil. WSJ’s Korea Bureau Chief explains how Lee ...