SEOUL -- Left-leaning candidate Lee Jae-myung assumed South Korea's presidency on Wednesday, capping a tumultuous six months in the country's politics ...

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

The Strategic Land Group is bringing forward a site in Staffordshire which offers the potential for the construction of up to 90 homes. SLG has secured the inclusion of the 6.7-acre Kidsgrove site ...

South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, has secured a storming victory, but his honeymoon will barely last the day. The former opposition leader is not getting to enjoy the two-month ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician vowing to fight inequality and corruption, was elected president ...

A liberal lawyer was elected president of South Korea on Tuesday, ending months of political instability in the key U.S. ally that began with a botched declaration of martial law. Lee Jae-myung ...

South Korea's new liberal President Lee Jae-myung began his term on Wednesday, vowing to raise the country from the turmoil of a martial law crisis and revive an economy reeling from slowing ...

South Korea’s liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president on Wednesday, in a snap poll that followed months of political turmoil. Speaking to supporters gathered outside ...

More white South Africans resettle in US after Trump fast-tracks ‘refugee program’ The resettlement scheme comes after the US administration indefinitely suspended all other refugee programs ...

South Koreans headed to the polls in record numbers on Tuesday to vote for a new president exactly six months after the botched martial law decree by impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol unleashed ...