SEOUL -- Newly inaugurated President Lee Jae-myung put a stronger economy and domestic stock market front and center of his ...

SEOUL -- Left-leaning candidate Lee Jae-myung assumed South Korea's presidency on Wednesday, capping a tumultuous six months in the country's politics that was sparked by the previous leader's chaotic ...

NEW YORK -- With U.S. President Donald Trump saying his tariffs on China and other countries will help rebuild manufacturing ...

PHNOM PENH -- A Cambodian soldier was killed when Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged fire across the border on May 28.

The main candidates are front-runner Lee Jae-myung of the left-leaning Democratic Party and Kim Moon-soo of the conservative ...

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TOKYO -- A Myanmar-based startup that builds affordable housing made from bamboo for displaced people in the country hopes to ...

Tax-free sales at Japan's department stores have fallen in recent months, suggesting that high-end consumption by foreign visitors to Japan has peaked. Despite rising numbers of tourists visiting ...

The three broadcasters projected Lee to win 37.2% of young men's votes, leading Kim Moon-soo with 36.9% and far ahead of Lee Jae-myung with 24%. It was the only group that Lee Jun-seok held a lead in, ...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has decided to upgrade its diplomatic relationship with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and to send an ambassador to Kabul, highlighting Islamabad's drastic change in its neighborhood ...

SEOUL -- South Koreans voted Tuesday in an out-of-cycle presidential election, following the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched attempt to impose martial law in early December.

Poll leader Lee Jae-myung wrote in a public message on Tuesday afternoon that voting was the way to save South Korea from "greed of vested interests," though he did not specify what vested interests ...