Seoul, South Korea — Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president of South Korea in a snap election sparked by the impeachment of the country's former leader, Yoon Suk Yeol. As ...

Pre-election surveys suggest liberal Lee Jae-myung appears headed for an easy win, riding on deep public frustration over the conservatives in the wake of Yoon’s martial law debacle.

The main opposition People Power Party is set to launch an innovation committee this week in an attempt to regain voter trust ...

South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung is one month into the mammoth task of uniting a nation still reeling from a period of ...

South Korea’s presidential election aims to restore democratic credentials. Polls favour Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung over governing People Power Party candidate Kim Moon-soo as the ...

Lee Jae-myung of the center-left Democratic Party won the South Korean presidential election on Wednesday, riding a wave of anger against former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his People Power Party ...

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

SEOUL: Tensions between the main parties are projected to intensify this week over whether to approve the nomination for ...

The Democratic Party of Korea and the People Power Party did not respond to the questionnaire, which was sent in Korean to the three major political parties on May 12.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Sunday named Lee Jae-myung, the party's ex-leader, as its candidate for the snap presidential election slated for June 3.

South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party of Korea has named Lee Jae-myung as its candidate for the snap presidential election set for June 3. “I am not only the candidate of the Democratic ...

Banners featuring South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential election candidate, Lee Jae-myung, top, and People Power Party's presidential candidate, Kim Moon-soo, hang at a street in Incheon ...