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South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung delivers a speech after taking his oath during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul on June 4, 2025. Photo: ANTHONY WALLACE/Pool via REUTERS

Asia

South Korea's new President Lee vows to revive democracy from 'near demise'

Lee's decisive victory in Tuesday's snap election stands to usher in a sea change in Asia's fourth-largest economy, after backlash against a botched attempt at military rule brought...

A man walks from a booth at polling station during the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Asia

South Koreans vote for president in hope of restoring stability after martial law crisis

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks with with Liao Min, Deputy Minister of Finance of China, during a bilateral meeting between the US and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 11, 2025. Photo: KEYSTONE/EDA/Martial Trezzini/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

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China rejects Trump's accusation that it breached Geneva trade deal

People vote during early voting for the upcoming presidential election at a polling station at the Incheon International airport in Incheon, South Korea, May 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

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Wave of anger could sweep liberals to victory in South Korea election

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a trilateral meeting between Japan, the US and Australia, at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, May 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su

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Europe bristles at US proposals at Asian gathering, India-Pakistan hostility on show

A woman casts her early vote for the upcoming presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Politics

How a Gen Z gender divide is reshaping democracy

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, prepares for the second televised debate for the upcoming presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, May 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo

Asia

South Korea's liberal candidate Lee holds clear lead a week before presidential vote

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, prepares for the second televised debate for the upcoming presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, May 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool

Asia

South Korea frontrunner Lee suggests extending US tariff talks

South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing charges of orchestrating a rebellion when he declared martial law, arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 12, 2025. Photo: Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

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South Korea ex-President Yoon leaves conservative party as candidate trails liberal frontrunner

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a Labor party election night event, after local media projected the Labor Party's victory, on the day of the Australian federal election, in Sydney, Australia, May 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

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Australia's Albanese Labor government sworn in for second term

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, January 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo

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South Korea ex-president Yoon in court again for criminal trial

Former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during the annual Forum 2000 conference in Prague, Czech Republic, October 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dorota Holubova/File Photo

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Former Taiwan president Tsai to make sensitive visit to Britain this week

Marco Rubio. Photo: Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg

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Rubio speaks with UK's Lammy, Germany's Merz on India-Pakistan tensions, Russia