SEOUL - South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Sunday named Lee Jae-myung, the party's ex-leader, as its candidate for the snap presidential election slated for June 3.

TOKYO -- Few would dispute that Lee Jae-myung, former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, is the frontrunner in South Korea's upcoming presidential election, scheduled for June 3.

The new-type multipurpose destroyer, which has a displacement of 5,000 tons and is equipped with "the most powerful weapons," is the first in a new class called "Choe Hyon," named after a late ...

SEOUL -No thanks to his “xie xie” gaffe from a year ago, former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who is widely regarded as the front runner in South Korea’s snap presidential election on ...

The charges stem from Lee’s statements in 2018 while governor of Gyeonggi regarding the forced hospitalization of his brother. In a precedent from 2020, the Supreme Court overturned a partial ...

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea presidential ... (Seoul=News1) Reporter Lee Dong-hae reports that activists from the Citizens' Alliance for Economic Justice (Gyeongsilnyeon) are ...

North Korea unveiled a new 5,000-ton-class multipurpose destroyer. The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 26th that a commissioning ceremony for the new destroyer was held at the Nampo ...

I will create space for consultation with the opposition under any circumstances. That’s what politics is. What do you think of the Myung Tae-kyun controversy? I considered Myung a fraudster and ...

Lee Jae-myung likely on glide path to Democratic Party of Korea nomination Published : April 26, 2025 - 18:21:30 Updated : April 26, 2025 - 18:57:04 Link copied!

The economic proposals unveiled by Lee Jae-myung, the presidential front-runner of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea, are triggering alarm bells among major South Korean conglomerates ...