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South Korea has endured 6 months of political turmoil. What can we expect in Lee's presidency?
Images from the election of South Korea's new president are as peaceful and orderly as you’d expect to see in any vibrant ...
North Korea corrects disastrous naval destroyer with balloons and manpower
What North Korea lacks in technology, it makes up for in raw manpower and balloons. The hermetic nation’s engineers appear to ...
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Exclusive: China sends its most advanced carrier into disputed waters near Korea
China’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier has conducted fighter jet takeoff and landing drills in the Provisional ...
Why South Korea’s new leader may be on a collision course with Trump
The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South ...
Where South Korea’s New President Stands on Trump and North Korea
Facing a complex set of thorny challenges at home and abroad, Lee Jae-myung says he will deal with them with “pragmatism.” ...
South Korea's new president vows to bolster ties with US, Japan
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung says he’ll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral partnership with the U.S. and Japan ...
South Korea faces a reckoning: Political dysfunction, moral drift and the path to unification
South Korea's transformation from colonial subjugation and a war-ravaged state into one of the world's leading economies and ...
White House calls South Korea election 'fair,' expresses concern about Chinese influence
The White House said on Tuesday that South Korea's election, which saw liberal party candidate Lee Jae-myung win the ...
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With Lee’s election, South Korea returns to ‘pragmatic’ diplomacy
The election of Lee Jae-myung heralds a foreign policy shift for South Korea as the country seeks to balance its critical U.S ...