SEOUL, South Korea — 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 Wednesday ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president early Wednesday, a victory that would cap months of political turmoil triggered by the ...

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, will become the country ...

Exit polls forecast landslide victory for Lee Jae-myung and liberals A joint exit poll conducted by South Korean broadcasters KBS, MBC and SBS on Tuesday suggests that liberal candidate Lee Jae ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's main ... Nearly half of the governing party lawmakers voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye then. But this time, just over 10% ...

SEOUL, South Korea ... a political outsider, Lee rose to prominence in 2016 after he made a series of fiery street speeches criticizing then conservative President Park Geun-hye, who was later ...

Six months of turmoil in South Korea are over. Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party won a commanding victory, with 49.4% of the vote, in the snap presidential elections held on June 3rd ...