Lee Jae Myung

‘We are family’: South Korea President Lee toasts AI ties with tech titans over fish and chips

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (centre) toasts with the leaders of some of the world’s most valuable technology companies in San Francisco, California, US, on July 24.

Samsung, SK Group seal $1.23 trillion in deals as South Korea hosts AI powers

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung unveils the San Francisco AI Declaration in San Francisco, California, on July 24.

South Korea shifting to ‘peace first’ North Korea policy, retains denuclearisation goal

South Korea is developing a strategy that would initially seek to freeze North Korea’s nuclear programme.

South Korea election office raided in fake turnout figures probe: Investigators

Signs reading ‘Rerun the election’ and ‘Guarantee voting rights’ are sticked onto a gate as people surround a vote-counting centre to protest, in Seoul, South Korea, on June 6.

South Korea President Lee Jae Myung accused of skirting his own loan curbs with sale of apartment

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung made stricter mortgage lending a centrepiece of his campaign.

Trump, South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung agree to deepen shipbuilding cooperation

US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung also revisited a promise made during the G-7 summit to play golf together.

South Korea president calls for investigation after poor World Cup showing

South Korea’s head coach Hong Myung-bo talking to his players during a hydration break in their final Group A match against South Africa on on June 24.

North Korea’s Military Demarcation Line fortification violates 1953 armistice, says Seoul

The remarks followed reports that North Korean troops had been installing fences close to the Military Demarcation Line.

South Korea’s Lee orders election watchdog probe to expand beyond ballot shortages

Lee also called for a crackdown on workplace abuses after the death of a firefighter in her 20s, and raised concerns over the exclusion of young people from the benefits of South Korea's economic gains.

S. Korean President Lee’s approval rating turns negative for first time

The survey by local pollster Realmeter found that 46.7 per cent of respondents approved of the job Lee was doing, down 4.8 percentage points from the previous week.

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