South Korea's newly elected liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, is likely to pursue stable ties with Japan at least early in his tenure, avoiding a hardline stance as the two countries navigate regional ...

South Korea's top court upheld on Thursday a not-guilty verdict for the chairman of Samsung Electronics Jay Y. Lee, backing two lower court rulings clearing him of accounting fraud and stock manipulat ...

SEOUL - Lee Jae Myung of the liberal Democratic Party won Tuesday's presidential election in South Korea to become the successor of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, who polarized the nation by imposing ...

South Korean authorities began removing on Monday (Aug 4) loudspeakers blaring anti-North Korea broadcasts along the country's border, Seoul's defense ministry said, as the new government of President ...

©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Lee Jae Myung, South Korea's president, delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, June 26, 2025.