The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean ...

The arrest comes against the backdrop of North Korea's deepening military ties with Russia, a relationship analysts say is awkward for China.

China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.

While China presents a united front with North Korea and Russia, the latter two growing closer puts Beijing’s own interests and influence at risk. A potentially disastrous carrot-and-stick US ...

The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South ...

But Lee has not convinced all who are weary of his view on U.S. relations ... in sending funds to North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions, and his deference to China has been nothing short ...

A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be as “antagonizing” toward communist U.S. adversaries is poised to ...

Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea was elected South Korea's 21st president and subsequently sworn into office.

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is poised to win South Korea’s snap election, according to surveys. His victory could shift Seoul’s foreign policy away from the US-Japan axis towards closer ties with ...

Both of the main candidates support the alliance with the United States, but the front-runner favors diplomacy with North Korea and China to improve strained relations. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting ...

There are perceptions that South Korean diplomacy oscillates wildly, depending on the ruling party of the day. Read more at ...