As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to ramp up trade pressure, Korea may face a push to expand its imports of U.S. beef, ...

New South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has chosen a finance minister who wants to run Asia’s fourth-largest economy like a ...

President Lee Jae-myung's nominated Song Mi-ryeong to remain in her post as minister of agriculture -- a position she had ...

President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating stood at 58.6 percent during the first week of his presidency, a poll showed Monday. In the Realmeter poll of 2,507 people aged 18 or above nationwide ...

The South Korean government of President Yoon Suk Yeol will grant a special pardon to ex-President Lee Myung-bak, who was sentenced to a 17-year prison term for a range of corruption crimes.

President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea has issued a pardon to Lee Myung-bak, the former president who was sentenced to a 17-year term in 2020 on bribery and embezzlement charges, Yoon’s office ...

South Korea’s current leader issued a special pardon for former conservative president Lee Myung-bak, who had been serving a 17-year sentence for corruption that could have kept him behind bars ...

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (UPI) --President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday granted wide-ranging special pardons to former President Lee Myung-bak and a several other high-profile politicians and former officials ...

The most prominent beneficiary of this round of presidential pardons was Lee Myung-bak, a former South Korean president who was in office from 2008 to 2013. In 2020, ...

Former President Lee Myung-bak is expected to receive a special pardon later this year as part of President Yoon Suk-yeol's second round of special pardons. According to the presidential office ...

Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the justice minister said.

SEOUL—South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol pardoned former President Lee Myung-bak, setting the disgraced leader free from his 17-year prison sentence for bribery and embezzlement. Mr. Yoon ...