Lee Jae-myung, has an almost impossible agenda. He wants to be all things to all sides, domestically and internationally.

At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, ...

South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, has secured a storming victory, but his honeymoon will barely last the day. The ...

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral ...

New South Korean President Lee Jae-myung described his victory as the start of the country’s return to normalcy, after ...

Facing a complex set of thorny challenges at home and abroad, Lee Jae-myung says he will deal with them with “pragmatism.” ...

SEOUL — Presidents Trump and Lee Jae-myung are now on speaking terms. Prodded by Mr. Lee’s staff, Mr. Trump finally called Mr ...

South Korea has elected a new president after months of political turmoil. WSJ’s Korea Bureau Chief explains how Lee ...

South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung said he and President Donald Trump agreed to quickly work toward a deal on tariffs in their first phone call since Lee's election victory.

South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae-myung, is a pragmatic outsider whose “Korea First” approach could strain ties with Trump ...

South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae-myung, began life as a child laborer in post-war Korea and now leads one of the world’s ...

An election was triggered in April by the removal of then-President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law late ...