Lee Nak-yon steps out of shadow to head subcommittee with Lee Jae-myung

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on Monday launched a new committee with former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon in a display of internal unity ahead of the March presidential election. The Democratic Party presidential nominee has sought to add the former prime minister to his campaign in order to heal an internal rift that followed their bitter primary battle and rally the support o...

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, on Monday shrugged off a possible alliance with the ruling Democratic Party (DP) presidential nominee Lee Jae-myung, saying he is not interested in anyone's offer. Ahn dismissed the DP Chairman Song Young-gil's view that he can "integrate" with Lee. Song earlier said in a Yonhap News Agency interview that Ahn is es...

South Korea's two leading presidential candidates are in a very tight race, with one opinion poll putting the main opposition's Yoon Suk-yeol ahead of the ruling party's Lee Jae-myung and another survey showing contrary results. Yoon of the People Power Party (PPP) had 40.4 percent, down 4 percentage points from a week ago, while Lee of the Democratic Party (DP) posted 39.7 percent, up 1.7 perce...

Yoon faces criticism of wife while Lee apologizes for son’s gambling past

People Power Party invites non-conservatives to join with fresh recruitments

Lee Jun-seok switches off cellphone after being ‘passed’, reports say he is in Busan

Misbehavior, suspicion cloud candidates’ promises and visions

Experts weigh in on key facts, analyses of ongoing race

Though two main contenders dominate the race, four party-backed candidates are gunning for the presidency

CHANGWON (Yonhap) ― The former chief of the conservative ruling party made a comeback to the political scene by clinching a landslide victory in a by-election for the governor of South Gyeongsang Province, the state election watchdog said Thursday. Hong Joon-pyo of the ruling Saenuri Party received 62.9 percent, or 1.1 million votes, followed by Kwon Young-gil, a liberal-leaning candidate with n...

Conservatives won a landslide victory in two by-elections held in Seoul and South Gyeongsang Province on Wednesday. Former Education Minister Moon Yong-lin became the new superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, defeating left-leaning Lee Soo-ho, the former chief of the Korea Teachers and Education Workers’ Union. Moon, 65, emeritus professor at Seoul National University, h...

Members of Park Geun-hye`s campaign and Saenuri Party officials clap as vote count shows Park`s larger-than-expected win over Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party. (Park Hyun-koo/The Korea Herald) Validating her perseverance through years of solitude and integrity demonstrated throughout her 15-year political career, Park Geun-hye won her presidency on the platform of unity. Park, strong ...

Park prepares a memorial ceremony for her father, Park Chung-hee, on Nov. 14, 1979. He was assassinated on Oct. 26 that year. (From left) Late former President Park Chung-hee, first lady Yook Young-soo (back)and children Ji-man, Geun-hye and Geun-ryeong look at a globe in the Blue House. Park Ji-man, entrepreneur and younger brother of President-elect Park Geun-hye, and his wife Seo Hyang-hee, ...