By Satyaki Chakraborty Lee Jae Myung of majority Liberal Democratic Party was sworn in as the new President of South Korea ...

South Korea's voters cast their ballots in a snap presidential election sparked by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.

After months of political turmoil, South Korea will elect a new president Tuesday to succeed conservative Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted over his brief but shocking imposition of martial law.

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 Republic of Korea is facing an essentially spiritual crisis. A failed martial law attempt and a snap election expose South Korea’s deeper crisis: a nation divided by inequality, overwork, and ...

Voters in South Korea are choosing a new president to replace Yoon Suk-yeol who was impeached and removed from office over his brief and ill-fated martial law bid in December. The snap election on ...

All the while, South Korea’s economy has suffered ... as a lawmaker after narrowly losing to Yoon in the 2022 presidential election. He survived an assassination attempt in January 2024 when ...

South Korea's June presidential election ended six months of political uncertainty and policy paralysis in the country.

FILE - South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential election candidate Lee Jae-myung, speaks during a presidential election campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee ...

The election has got ugly ... What challenges await the new leader? South Korea’s new president will have little time to negotiate with the United States before July 9, when Trump’s 90 ...