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

The ruling and opposition parties made last-ditch appeals for support Tuesday, the eve of nationwide local elections, a vote widely seen as a test of public sen

The ruling and opposition parties made last-ditch appeals for support Tuesday, the eve of nationwide local elections, a vote widely seen as a test...

South Koreans are voting in mayoral and other local elections that are seen as a gauge of support for President Lee Jae Myung’s 1-year-old liberal government.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans began voting Wednesday in mayoral and other local elections that are seen as a gauge of support for President Lee Jae Myung’s year-old

Voters will choose mayors and governors in 16 cities and provinces in a contest widely seen as an assessment of President Lee Jae Myung's first year in office.

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…

South Koreans vote on Wednesday in local elections expected to boost President Lee Jae Myung's ruling Democratic Party, in the first nationwide ballot since his snap presidential…

The vote is widely seen as an assessment of President Lee Jae-myung’s first year in office.

South Korean voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots for the ruling Democratic Party in nationwide local elections Wednesday, exit polls said, in a show of support for President…

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 loss of Seoul would deliver a symbolic blow to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung despite his party’s broader gains.

Outcome complicates president Lee Jae Myung’s bid to solidify political mandate

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party swept most seats in local elections but failed to flip the crucial Seoul mayoral seat, official results showed Thursday, in a sign that…

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party swept most seats in local elections but failed to flip the crucial Seoul mayoral seat, official results showed Thursday, in a sign that…

Though Democrats won numerous key mayoral and gubernatorial races around the country, they were unable to eke out wins in the battlegrounds of Seoul and Daegu

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party swept nationwide local elections Wednesday, tightening President Lee Jae Myung's grip on power one year into his term.

The outcomes of Wednesday’s elections show that while Koreans are broadly supportive of the Lee administration, they are wary of giving too much authority to a party they see as…