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Who is Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president?Lee Jae-myung’s hardscrabble path to the South Korean presidency mirrors his country’s stratospheric rise from grinding poverty to one of the world’s leading economies.
At age 14 he was an impoverished factory worker. On Wednesday, he became the leader of one of Asia’s most powerful economies, a US ally and cultural juggernaut.
Thus far, however, he has said comparatively little about the growing strength of the Kim regime in North Korea, leading some analysts to suggest the administration is neglecting one of the most critical security issues in Asia.
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea has served a term plagued with problems and scandals following his narrow electoral win in 2022. Now he has been detained by investigators over his ill-fated ...
South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung is one month into the mammoth task of uniting a nation still reeling from a period of political chaos and economic uncertainty.
Seoul, South Korea — Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president of South Korea in a snap election sparked by the impeachment of the country's former leader, Yoon Suk Yeol.
Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party (DP) triumphed in the snap presidential election on Tuesday, completing a remarkable life journey that has seen the former child factory worker rise to Korea's highest position of executive authority.