Myung-Whun Chung will be one of the first non-Italians to take the post of music director at Milan's famous opera house.(Image credit: Loic...

SEOUL: South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung is set to preside over his first Cabinet meeting on Thursday, following his assumption of o...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Winning a tense election that capped off months of political turmoil, new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung des...

After months of political turmoil, South Korea has elected Lee Jae-myung, of the main liberal party, as the new president.

Lee rode a wave of unease about the economy and political instability to a victory that could have broad ramifications for Seoul’s relations...

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is forecast to win South Korea’s snap presidential election, a joint exit poll on Tuesday showed.

Lee, the front-runner in the race since campaigning began, secured 51.7% of the vote — a 12.4 percentage point lead over conservative rival...

South Koreans flocked to the polls Tuesday to elect a new president, six months to the day after ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol plunged the country...

Pre-election surveys suggest Yoon Suk Yeol's liberal rival, Lee Jae-myung, appears headed for an easy win, riding a wave of public frustrati...

Whoever is elected, the new president will have little time for celebration.

Liberal front-runner Lee Jae-myung is projected to sail to a win that could shake up ties with Japan and the U.S. and kick-start talks with...

PAJU: Their village is just a stone’s throw from North Korea. So whatever their political leanings, Tongilchon residents all want one thing:...

A South Korean navy plane with four crew members crashed during a training flight on Thursday and it was not immediately known if they survi...

South Koreans began turning out in record numbers for early voting on Thursday in the country's snap presidential polls set to take place ne...

SEOUL: South Korea’s navy said a maritime patrol aircraft with four people on board crashed near a military base in the southern city of Poh...