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South Korea faces a reckoning: Political dysfunction, moral drift and the path to unification
South Korea's transformation from colonial subjugation and a war-ravaged state into one of the world's leading economies and ...
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South Korea’s new president vows to pursue talks with North Korea and bolster ties with U.S., Japan
President Lee Jae-myung said he'll pursue pragmatic diplomacy and boost a trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo cooperation based on the South Korea-U.S. alliance. Lee won a snap election Tuesday for a ...
New South Korean president vows peace with North Korea, better China relationship
Lee Jae-myung was officially sworn in as South Korea's new president. The liberal candidate defeated Kim Moon Soo after the ...
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South Korea’s New President Could Transform the Korean Peninsula
The debilitating political vacuum that has reigned in Seoul since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment on ...
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What Lee’s presidency could mean after months of turmoil in South Korea
Images from the election of South Korea’s new president, liberal Lee Jae-myung, are everything you’d expect to see in one of ...
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How Ukraine can still beat Russia — even with Trump getting in the way
Given Russia’s weak economic situation and desperate reliance on North Korea, Iran and China for assistance, this is the moment when increased sanctions on Moscow’s energy sector could have real ...
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South Korea: New President Lee takes power after sweeping election win
South Korea’s center-left Lee Jae-myung was declared president Wednesday after winning a snap election, taking the helm of a ...
El Mundo on MSN8h
From child laborer to President of South Korea: Lee Jae-myung, the activist of "miserable life" who survived a neck stabbing
After surviving an assassination attempt, having been a mayor, provincial governor, opposition leader, and overcoming several ...