Gone are the days of Yoon Suk-yeol’s ‘black-or-white world view’, as Seoul’s new administration seeks strategic flexibility.

The election of Lee Jae-myung heralds a foreign policy shift for South Korea as the country seeks to balance its critical U.S. security alliance with a more pragmatic, amicable approach to China.

I n his inauguration speech, South Korea’s new president Lee Jae Myung vowed to pursue a “pragmatic” foreign policy based on “a practical, national interest perspective.” While the ...

One message must be clear: do not let domestic political calculations lead to strategic missteps. Difficult concessions may ...

As the Lee Jae-myung administration sends its first cohort of special envoys abroad, the selection of India as one of the ...

SEOUL, South Korea ... Lee has vowed to pursue pragmatic diplomacy. He has promised to develop the alliance with the U.S. and solidify a trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo partnership, ...

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Past US strategies, before the 2019 Koreas–US DMZ Summit, which was coordinated by South Korea’s then-President Moon Jae-in, and where President Trump met North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was expected to win an early presidential election on Tuesday, a joint exit poll and ongoing vote counts suggested.

On foreign policy, Lee has vowed to pursue pragmatic diplomacy. ... South Korea’s central bank last week sharply lowered its 2025 growth outlook to 0.8%, ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician vowing to fight inequality and corruption, will become the country's next ...

Liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung has been elected president of South Korea. South Korean media outlets including Yonhap news agency and SBS ... Lee has vowed to pursue pragmatic diplomacy.