Here is a look at the main candidates: Lee, 60, the Democratic Party candidate, was the driving force behind an opposition-led campaign to oust Yoon, whose Dec. 3 martial law decree plunged South ...

The life of South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung is full of ups and downs. His family's poverty forced him to work at ...

His turbulent life climaxed, as Lee, 60, the candidate of the main liberal Democratic Party, was elected as South Korea's new president to succeed his conservative archrival Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ...

The election comes about two months after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office following his impeachment for ...

South Korea's centre-left leader Lee Jae-myung hailed voters' "great decision" as he was declared the winner of a snap ...

Former President Park Geun-hye (C) acknowledges supporters during a visit to a garden in the southeastern city of Ulsan at ...

Former President Park Geun-hye visited the birthplace of her father, late President Park Chung Hee, on Tuesday.

SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean government said Friday it will grant a special pardon to former President Park Geun-hye, who is serving a lengthy prison term for bribery and other crimes.

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye - seen here in 2017 - was at the centre of a corruption scandal South Korea's top court has upheld a 20-year jail term for former President Park Geun ...

SEOUL (AFP, REUTERS) - South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun Hye was jailed for 24 years on Friday (April 6) for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's ...