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Lee Jae Myung
On June 4, 2025, Democratic Party leader Lee Jae Myung became the 14th president of South Korea. He was previously the sixth governor of Gyeonggi province from 2018 to 2021, and the member of the National Assembly for Gyeyang B from 2022 to 2025.
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8 Dec 1963
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President of Republic of Korea
North Korea
North Korea launches 10 missiles as South Korea, US conduct military exercises
North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo-jong has slammed both countries for proceeding with the drills at a perilous time in global security.
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Two Sessions 2026
Why China may gain from US moving military assets for Iran war
11 Mar 2026 - 8:55PM
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The Philippines
As US missiles leave South Korea, the Philippines asks: are we next?
11 Mar 2026 - 7:00PM
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South Korea
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South Korea grapples with ‘clear reality’ of US forces shifting role on peninsula
Analysts say reports of US moving assets from Korean peninsula to Middle East marks shift in role of American forces stationed in South Korea.
11 Mar 2026 - 5:00PM
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South Korea gets wake-up call as US diverts military assets to Middle East
President Lee Jae Myung urges South Korea to boost its own defence amid reports of US military assets being redeployed to the Middle East.
11 Mar 2026 - 5:00PM
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Korean peninsula
‘Terrible consequences’: North Korea hits out over US-South Korea drills
Sister of North Korean leader says 11-day Freedom Shield exercise to harm regional stability.
10 Mar 2026 - 3:19PM
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South Korea
South Korea pulls rare move in bid to shield residents from Iran oil shock
As a nation that imports nearly every drop of oil it consumes, South Korea is hitting the panic button to shield citizens from rising prices.
10 Mar 2026 - 10:19AM
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Korean peninsula
US begins large military exercise with South Korea while attacking Iran
Thousands of troops begin annual drills amid speculation over US Patriot redeployment to the Middle East.
9 Mar 2026 - 11:45AM
North Korea
North Korea’s Kim warns of ‘eternal confrontation’ without US dialogue
As long as Washington acknowledges Pyongyang as a nuclear power, there is ‘no reason not to get along’, the North Korean leader says.
27 Feb 2026 - 8:07PM
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US-China trade war
Xi Jinping meets foreign leaders: tracker 2026
World leaders are flocking to Beijing this year as Trump’s trade war spurs US allies to look for new ties.
26 Feb 2026 - 10:55AM
South Korea
Why Yoon’s life sentence and ‘sympathetic’ ruling divide South Korea
As the ex-president appeals his life sentence for a martial law plot, judicial reform is back on the agenda for a deeply divided nation.
26 Feb 2026 - 9:04AM
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South Korea
South Korea’s Lee uses AI to honour shared factory worker past with Brazil’s Lula
The gesture accompanied Lula’s state visit to Seoul, where the two leaders agreed to strengthen bilateral ties.
25 Feb 2026 - 3:12PM
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South Korea
South Korean ex-president Yoon appeals against ‘excessive’ life sentence
Yoon Suk-yeol’s legal team said it needed to place the problems with the ruling on record for the sake of history.
24 Feb 2026 - 4:37PM
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China-South Korea relations
Seoul’s protest seen as reluctance to let US Forces Korea confront China
South Korean complaint highlights growing difficulty in balancing ties with both security ally US and top trading partner China: analyst.
24 Feb 2026 - 5:53PM
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South Korea
Why South Korea is risking a rare rift with US to slash joint military drills
Washington is reportedly pushing back on Seoul’s request for smaller drills, forcing the postponement of a major joint military briefing.
24 Feb 2026 - 9:25AM
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China-South Korea relations
K-pop’s big freeze: are cracks in China’s cultural blockade a thaw?
A decade-long geopolitical chill has kept South Korean entertainers largely locked out of the Chinese market, but fans find ways to connect.
22 Feb 2026 - 6:00AM
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South Korea
#SEAbling: the hashtag uniting Southeast Asia against South Korea
A row over K-pop fan behaviour in Malaysia has spiralled into a bitter regional dispute online, with echoes of the ‘Milk Tea Alliance’.
21 Feb 2026 - 9:20AM
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China-South Korea relations
China scrambles fighters to confront US warplanes based in South Korea
The American warplanes made a rare approach towards China’s air defence identification zone over the Yellow Sea, local media reported.
20 Feb 2026 - 8:01PM
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South Korea
‘Fight not over’: South Korea’s Yoon remains defiant after life sentence
The former president maintains his short-lived 2024 martial law decree was done ‘solely for the sake of the nation and our people’.
20 Feb 2026 - 4:48PM
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China consumption
Why are so many South Korean visitors flocking to China’s Guangzhou?
Safety concerns in Southeast Asia and China’s visa-free travel policy among factors fuelling boom in golf tourism.
19 Feb 2026 - 10:59AM
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China's population
China and South Korea team up on a vexing issue: their fast-ageing populations
After years of tense relations, the two nations are finding common ground over their need to adapt to an era of ‘super-aged societies’.
18 Feb 2026 - 2:00PM
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North Korea
‘We don’t care’: North Korea threatens Seoul with dire consequences over drones
The warning from Kim Yo-jong could derail President Lee Jae Myung’s efforts to mend ties with Pyongyang.
13 Feb 2026 - 12:40PM
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South Korea
What Takaichi’s landslide victory could mean for Japan-South Korea ties
Japan’s conservative tilt has revived South Korean concerns of more nationalist policies that could reopen historical and security wounds.
11 Feb 2026 - 5:59PM
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South Korea
‘Smaller than a closet’: the tiny Seoul flats going viral on YouTube
YouTuber Drew Binsky tours Seoul’s US$250-a-month micro-flats, sparking conversation on urban housing and South Korea’s hidden pressures.
10 Feb 2026 - 4:43PM
South Korea
Hope for thaw? Seoul hints at ‘new progress’ in US-North Korea ties
The official’s remarks come amid speculation that US President Donald Trump could seek a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
7 Feb 2026 - 9:30AM
North Korea
‘I won’t survive’: North Korean soldier caught by Ukraine dreads going home
Seoul faces a diplomatic tightrope as the captured soldiers plead for asylum in South Korea.
7 Feb 2026 - 7:21AM
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Inside China’s rare meeting to lobby Southeast Asia against Japan
Beijing summons Southeast Asian envoys and invokes Japan’s WWII history, but campaign to isolate Tokyo gains little traction.
6 Feb 2026 - 10:19AM
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South Korea
‘Ruin you’: Cambodians outraged by South Korean president’s anti-scam threat
Critics said Lee Jae Myung should have posted in Chinese, not Khmer, as his warning to foreign syndicates sparked anger across Cambodia.
3 Feb 2026 - 3:53PM
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