Japan's 'sincere apology' would solve wartime labor issue, South Korean candidate says
Lee Jae-myung said that, if elected, he would seek a "path that would help" both countries, because South Korea and Japan are "geographically close and in an interdependent relationship."
China looms large as South Korean presidential hopefuls meet U.S. diplomat
A senior U.S. diplomat will meet newly selected presidential candidates in South Korea this week, ahead of next year's election that will shape the future of the two allies' relations.
Can South Korea’s main presidential candidates revitalize relations with Japan?
The conservative opposition People Power Party has tapped former top prosecutor Yoon Seok-youl, 60, as its presidential candidate, while the ruling Democratic Party picked Lee Jae-myung, 56.
Harnessing Trump and Sanders, South Korean populist Lee rises in polls
He respects Donald Trump and enjoys being compared to Bernie Sanders. Lee Jae-myung, mayor of a city near Seoul, is rising in opinion polls with about a year to go until South Korea's next presidential election. He wants to break up the country's biggest companies, ...
