Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean politician elected on Tuesday as the country's next leader, overcame a knife attack, ...

South Korea's incoming president Lee Jae-myung assumes office with a bulging in-tray, from a deepening economic slump and global trade war to mounting concerns over military ties between Pyongyang and ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Voting is underway in South Korea to pick a new president. The election is widely seen as a referendum ...

Millions of South Koreans voted Tuesday in a snap presidential election triggered by conservative leader Yoon Suk Yeol's ...

In his only interview on the campaign trail, the presidential frontrunner talks Trump, North Korea, and leading a fractured nation through mounting economic and geopolitical challenges.

"There's way less secrecy than there used to be about the leader of North Korea's family," Michael Madden, the founder of NK Leadership Watch, told BI. For example, Kim Jong Un's children are more ...

"It is known that Kim Jong-un has had some health difficulties in recent years despite his young age, and there might be an imperative from the leadership point of view to support an early ...

“Kim Jong Un has been emboldened … not simply by the divide between the US and China and the US and Russia, but more importantly, a fragmented world where US leadership has been weakened ...

The Diplomat speaks with Korea analyst Scott Snyder about the North Korean leadership succession and what to expect under a Kim Jong Un regime. The torture and killing of 10 rebels at Chandel near ...

With the US occupied with other crises, Kim may be wagering that his own hand is stronger; that the US would be more inclined to make concessions. But perhaps most importantly, a military crisis ...