Lee Jae-myung, the former head of South Korea's opposition Democratic Party, is maintaining a strong lead among potential ...

Nothing about Lee Jae-myung’s political rise has been easy. Born the fifth of seven children to a farming family, Lee walked ...

Would-be presidential candidates within the ruling People Power Party are looking to form a big tent to prevent the ...

Lee Jae-myung, former leader of the Democratic Party of Korea and a top contender in the party's presidential primary, said ...

Democratic Party of Korea former leader and presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung pledged Thursday to open a presidential ...

But after expelling the man who threw the nation into turmoil after briefly declaring martial law last year, South Koreans face another reckoning: The next leader, who will be elected on June 3, will ...

Lee Jae-myung would enter office under very different conditions. From day one, he would enjoy near-total legislative control ...

South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced earlier this month that the country's first-quarter ...

South Korea is floundering in a time of uncertainty, in which its future as both a relatively new democracy and an old American ally is at stake.

With the Constitutional Court upholding Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, South Korea heads for a presidential election scheduled ...

Lee, 61, is a human rights lawyer turned politician. Born in Andong, North Gyeongsang, in 1963, he worked at a factory in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, after graduating elementary school to support his family.