South Korea's president apologizes over poorly managed foreign adoption programs

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has apologized for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud ...

South Korea President Lee Orders Crackdown on Anti-Chinese, Anti-Foreigner Rallies

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered on Thursday a crackdown on anti-Chinese rallies and other ...
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Pro-Lee Jae-myung Lawmaker Criticizes Democratic Party Leadership Over Approval Rating Decline

Pro-Lee Jae-myung faction senior lawmaker Kim Young-jin criticized the Democratic Party leadership and Legislation and ...
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President Lee Jae-myung Returns Earring to LE SSERAFIM During Ceremony

President Lee Jae-myung was captured giving back an earring dropped by the group LE SSERAFIM during the celebratory stage of ...

Japan and South Korea leaders commit to closer ties in their final summit

Japan’s outgoing prime minister and his South Korean counterpart underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between their ...

South Korea’s president calls for more self-reliant military as questions arise about US commitment

South Korea’s president has vowed to sharply increase defense spending to introduce a variety of high-tech weapons as part of ...
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Lee pledges to review lowering age threshold for dual citizenship of overseas Koreans

President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday the government will explore ways to lower the age threshold for overseas Koreans' dual ...

In Korea, OpenAI's Altman makes deals for AI chips, more data centers

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signed partnership deals for artificial intelligence with SK Hynix and Samsung in a visit to Korea ...
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South Korea to increase defense budget by 8.2% next year, President Lee says

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that momentum for cooperation and shared prosperity is weakening across the world, ...

K-pop gets fresh lift with presidential push

President Lee Jae Myung didn’t just give a policy speech on Wednesday — he joined the show. Sitting front-row in a sleek ...
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Japan and South Korea tout stable ties, but concerns rise over Ishiba’s replacement

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung looked to regularize “shuttle diplomacy,” but much may ...

South Korea raises military spending by most in more than 15 years

South Korea, which hosts more than 28,000 US troops and relies on US extended deterrence to warn off a growing nuclear threat from Pyongyang, currently spends about 2.3 per cent of its GDP on defence, ...