Lee, who moderated his rhetoric before assuming office this month, has said pragmatism is key to his diplomacy and he would continue with security cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S.

BEIJING, China — Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday to work with Beijing to uphold free trade and defend "multilateralism", state ...

The new South Korean administration will likely make efforts to buy time for U.S. trade talks, as it studies the negotiations of Japan and China for leverage.

The rapprochement between North Korea and Russia has brought immediate benefits to the North Korean leadership. In addition, ...

A New Beginning For South Korea As Lee steps into office, expectations are high and so are the stakes. His priority will be to unite a divided nation and work on trade negotiations with the Trump ...

Lee Jae-myung, who won South Korea’s presidential election on Tuesday, ... Yoon Suk Yeol. Mr. Yoon was more confrontational toward North Korea and China, and he improved ties with Japan, ...

The war between Israel and Iran has underscored Asia's heavy reliance on oil and gas from the Middle East and its sluggish progress in transitioning to renewable energy - vulnerabilities made worse by ...

Within hours of being elected president of South Korea, Lee Jae-myung began work on Wednesday by calling for dialogue with its arch enemy, North Korea, to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. He ...

Iran's parliament approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil shipping route, following US strikes on ...

South Korea has elected liberal Lee Jae-myung as president to lead the country through a tumultuous period that will require negotiating trade tariffs with the U.S. and mending the scars from his ...

Trump could even declare a new Eurasian “deal of the century,” pursuing joint investments with Japan and South Korea to turn the railway connection between Russia and North Korea—long dormant but ...

South Korea’s president at the time, Moon Jae-in, doggedly pursued a détente with North Korea and teed up each step in the negotiations. Over the course of a dizzying 12 months of summitry, which ...