SEATTLE — Foreign news outlets portrayed South Korea's local elections as an important test of President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office, view...

The Seoul mayor race has intensified as Jung Won-oh attacks Oh Se-hoon's safety record and Oh casts Jung as too close to President Lee Jae-myung.

Wednesday's local elections have become an assessment of President Lee Jae Myung's administration, as rival parties recast the vote as a choice between strength

Stay with us here for live coverage of the 2026 local elections, the first real litmus test of the Lee administration. Up for election today are the mayors and governors of 16…