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Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in was president of South Korea from 2017 to 2022.
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24 Jan 1953
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Former President of South Korea
Former South Korean prime minister Lee Hae-chan (left) shakes hands with President Lee Jae Myung during a New Year’s meeting at the presidential office in Seoul on January 2. Photo: Yonhap/EPA
South Korea

South Korean democracy icon Lee Hae-chan dies from heart attack in Vietnam

The former prime minister had two cardiac arrests while in Ho Chi Minh City for a Peaceful Unification Advisory Council meeting.

South Korea

South Korea awaits Han Duck-soo ruling as test case for martial law trials

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United States

Kang Kyung-wha seen as likely choice as South Korea’s next envoy to Washington

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Japan

Japan-South Korea ties set for boost as Lee, Ishiba meet

Lee Jae-myung’s pragmatic approach is no surprise given South Korea’s economic challenges and regional security concerns, analysts note.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (left) and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung shake hands ahead of talks on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada, on June 17. Photo: dpa
Korean peninsula

Opinion | Why military independence from US could be Seoul’s best chance for peace

South Korea must secure US cooperation while navigating North Korea’s strengthened position and managing fears over regional security implications.

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South Korea

South Korea, US kick off huge annual military drills with 21,000 troops

The drills could trigger a response from North Korea, which has used previous exercises as a pretext for weapons tests.

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South Korea

South Korea’s Lee nominates finance minister to tackle growth, Trump

A former second vice finance minister, Koo Yun-cheol comes as Lee forms a team to counter rising headwinds following months of political turmoil.

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South Korean President Lee Jae-myung delivers his first budget speech at the National Assembly in Seoul on Thursday. Photo: AP
South Korea

End to inter-Korea ‘loudspeaker war’?

Pyongyang’s cessation of loudspeaker broadcasts does not signal a shift in its indifferent policy towards ties with Seoul, analysts say.

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South Korea

Will Kim Jong-un reciprocate first move by South Korea’s Lee to ease tensions?

A proposed halt to the launch of anti-North propaganda leaflets may signal a major policy shift by President Lee Jae-myung, analysts say.

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South Korea

South Korea’s ties with Japan face new test after ex-forced labourer wins suit

A 107-year-old South Korean has won his case against Mitsubishi after a court ordered the firm to pay him compensation for his labour.

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A shop in Tokyo featuring Japanese and South Korean flags. Ties between both sides are set to be tested again over a South Korean ex-forced labourer winning a suit against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Photo: AP
South Korea

South Korea’s Lee aims for swift presidential office move amid security concerns

South Korea’s new leader, Lee Jae-myung, intends to relocate the presidential office back to the historic Cheong Wa Dae three years after Yoon Suk-yeol moved it.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung risks security challenges as he aims to relocate the presidential office. Photo: Reuters
Japan

South Korea’s Lee pledges warmer ties, but past tensions leave Japan ‘worried’

A minor bilateral misstep or the need to push a nationalist agenda could see ties spiral to the lows of 2019, analysts warn.

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China-South Korea relations

‘US troops critical’: South Korean presidential candidate signals turn on China

Lee Jae-myung says Trump’s attempt to engage Kim Jong-un in dialogue is ‘helpful for the peace of the Korean peninsula’.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | Why South Korea’s next leader should revive 6-party nuclear talks

Given the Trump-Kim bromance and with a potential new approach by Seoul, a return to six-party talks grows likelier.

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Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung greets voters in the southwestern city of Naju in South Korea on May 17. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Opinion | After hardline Yoon, South Korea needs a more balanced foreign policy

The next leader must broaden diplomacy while rejecting nuclear arms and regaining wartime military control.

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South Korean presidential frontrunners Kim Moon-soo, of the incumbent People Power Party, and Lee Jae-myung, of the Democratic Party, are seen during a televised debate on May 18, ahead of the June 3 election. Photo: AP
South Korea

Who is South Korea’s presidential front runner Lee Jae-myung?

Lee has pledged to take a pragmatic approach to foreign policy and the economy in sharp contrast with impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol.

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South Korea

Young South Korean men and women deeply divided on politics, survey shows

The poll found that men and women in their 20s had the largest political ideology gap of any age group.

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North Korea

Opinion | Kim can’t keep on sending North Korean soldiers to bleed for Russia

Kim’s recklessness costs lives, creates domestic unhappiness and has angered China. With Trump back and a friendlier Seoul on the cards, Kim must reconsider.

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Opinion | Why a Trump-Putin Ukraine peace deal could be good news for North Korea

Trump’s readiness to sideline allies and make concessions to pursue a deal with Russia suggests he may do the same with North Korea.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | China should seize the moment to promote peace on Korean peninsula

The weakening of the Russia-North Korea alliance, political change in South Korea and Trump’s return create a conducive environment for denuclearisation talks.

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South Korea martial law 2024

The fall of Yoon Suk-yeol: from South Korea’s rising star to impeachment

Once hailed as a reformer and anti-corruption crusader, Yoon’s presidency spiralled into chaos amid scandal and short-lived martial law.

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A supporter takes a photo of a banner featuring Yoon Suk-yeol in June 2021, the month he launched his bid to run for South Korea’s presidency. Photo: AP
Japan

Will ties between Japan and South Korea worsen if Yoon Suk-yeol is ousted?

Japan is concerned that South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung might take over Yoon given his stance against Tokyo, analysts say.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Lima last month. Photo: dpa
South Korea

Former South Korean officials accused of THAAD data leak to China, activists

South Korea’s state auditor alleges that the former officials disclosed the details in a bid to slow down the full deployment of THAAD.

South Korea

Opinion | A wise South Korea would rise above the North’s trash balloons

Seoul should take the initiative in reducing tensions, even if it looks weak. In the inter-Korean chess game, a retreat could be a power move.

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South Korea

South Korea investigates if ex-first lady used public funds for 2018 India trip

Former first lady Kim Jung-sook’s jaunt attracted renewed scrutiny after her husband Moon Jae-in shed light on why she travelled to India in his memoir published last month.

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South Korea’s former president Moon Jae-in (middle) and his wife Kim Jung-sook (middle right) attend the 74th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s rule, in Cheonan in 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
Diplomacy

Opinion | To defuse tensions with North Korea, let the European Union try

North Korea has declared South Korea an enemy and shown no interest in responding to US overtures. Without the baggage of hostile relations, the European Union can engage North Korean in dialogue and at least learn about Pyongyang’s intentions.

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Employees of the Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Complex pose for a photo as they read a copy of the Rodong Sinmun newspaper covering North Korea’s demolition of the North-South joint liaison office, in Pyongyang on June 17, 2020. Photo: AFP
South Korea

After South Korea’s Dior bag scandal, a Chanel coat comes under scrutiny

The ruling party says it will investigate the wife of former leader Moon Jae-in for allegedly buying a Chanel jacket with taxpayers’ money.

North Korea

Letters | North Korea’s message should spark a rethink of the South’s peace strategy

Readers discuss why the South Korean fantasy of achieving intra-Korean peace through appeasement has been shattered, and parallels between Russia and Israel.

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