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South Korea president calls for extra budget to be ready swiftly
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae-myung urged officials on Monday to swiftly draw up a supplementary budget ...
S. Korea’s Lee, Japan’s Ishiba Vow to Boost Ties in First Call
South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held their first phone conversation and ...
South Korea’s opposition leader Lee wins election as voters punish conservatives after martial law chaos
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s next president on Wednesday following a dramatic snap election ...
South Korea President Lee's election law violation hearing postponed indefinitely, court says
A Seoul court said on Monday it will indefinitely postpone a trial of President Lee Jae-myung on charges of violating ...
South Korea’s new President Lee vows to pursue talks with North and bolster ties with US and Japan
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral ...
South Korea elects Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party as president in wake of former leader's impeachment
South Korea's voters cast their ballots in a snap presidential election sparked by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.
Liberal Lee Jae-myung projected to win South Korea presidency in martial law 'judgement day'
South Korea's liberal party candidate Lee Jae-myung is projected to win Tuesday's snap presidential election by wide margins, ...
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Is Lee Jae-myung South Korea’s latest liberal firebrand or a pragmatic centrist?
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s campaign was marked a pragmatic pivot to the centre, but whether he will bridge ...
He survived an assassination attempt. Now South Korea’s new president must heal divisions and tread cautiously with Trump
At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, ...