The toughest external challenges awaiting a new president are U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and North Korea’s advancing nuclear program.

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is projected to be the new president following a snap election on Tuesday, ...

A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be as “antagonizing” toward communist U.S. adversaries is poised to ...

South Korea will conclude a snap election prompted by the impeachment of former president Yoon Seok-yeol on insurrection charges for a failed coup. The strong frontrunner in the race is Lee Jae-myung, ...