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AFP
Jun 10, 2025

China, South Korea must safeguard free trade, Xi tells Lee

In a phone call with Lee, Xi urged Beijing and Seoul to “inject more certainty into regional and international situations”, Xinhua news agency said, as well as to “promote strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level”.

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Reuters
Jun 04, 2025

White House calls South Korea election ‘fair,’ expresses concern about Chinese influence

“The US-ROK Alliance remains ironclad. While South Korea had a free and fair election, the United States remains concerned and opposed to Chinese interference and influence in democracies around the world.”

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Reuters
Jun 04, 2025

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 down Yoon Suk Yeol just three years into his troubled presidency.

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Reuters
Jun 03, 2025

Liberal Lee Jae-myung projected to win South Korea election

Around 78 per cent of South Korea’s 44.39 million eligible voters had cast ballots to pick the leader of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, hoping to draw to a close six months of turmoil triggered by a shock martial law briefly imposed by former leader Yoon Suk Yeol.

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Reuters
May 30, 2025

South Korea’s presidential election set to reshape policies for key US ally

North Korea is one area where Lee may see eye-to-eye with Trump. It may also be one of the toughest issues to tackle.

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Reuters
Dec 09, 2024

Yoon banned from foreign travel as leadership crisis deepens

Yoon has apologised for the botched attempt and said he was leaving his political and legal fate to his ruling People Power Party (PPP) but has not resigned. He has become a subject of criminal investigation, according to local media reports.