Cho underlined Lee’s capacity to restore normalcy, concluding, “Lee’s win means that South Korea can finally draw a line under the illegal martial law and its aftermath, and get back on ...

Within hours of being elected president of South Korea, Lee Jae-myung began work on Wednesday by calling for dialogue with its arch enemy, North Korea, to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. He ...

Lee has also advocated a reset of South Korea’s relationships with China and Russia, along with other Brics countries, a prospect that causes unease in some European capitals.