President Cyril Ramaphosa’s failure to preserve the current centrist coalition will hinder efforts to reinvigorate the country’s economy.

South Korea's liberal party candidate, Lee Jae-myung, was elected president in Tuesday's snap election, six months to the day after he evaded military cordons to vote against a shock martial law ...

The Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung, seen in Seoul on June 2, 2025, looks set to win South Korea's presidential election, according to an early exit poll [Anthony Wallace/AFP] ...

Liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung has been elected president of South Korea. South Korean media outlets including Yonhap news agency and SBS television station report early Wednesday that ...

South Korea’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, gestures as his supporters gather outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, gestures as he speaks to supporters outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

Democratic Party of South Korea candidate Lee Jae-myung rode a wave of resentment toward ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party.

Lee, 60, the candidate of the liberal opposition Democratic Party, is taking office for a full, single five-year term, succeeding Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who was felled over his stunning yet ...

Liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung has been elected president of South Korea. South Korean media outlets including Yonhap news agency and SBS television station report early Wednesday that ...

South Korea elects liberal president after chaotic six months Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party takes office Wednesday. His first task: Dealing with the economic fallout of President Donald ...

Supporters of Kim Moon Soo, presidential candidate with the People Power Party, perform during his election campaign rally in Seoul, South Korea, late Monday, June 2, 2025.

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, center, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, right, greet supporters and residents as they leave from a home in Incheon, South Korea ...