Mr. Lee’s Minju includes leftist activists along with left-of-center moderates. Mr. Lee is believed willing to compromise, as ...

The debilitating political vacuum that has reigned in Seoul since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment on ...

His conservative rival Kim Moon-soo, from the People Power Party (PPP), conceded defeat and congratulated Lee on his win.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician ...