South Korea presidential election

EghtesadOnline: South Korea’s new leader Moon Jae-in had only a few hours to celebrate. With his predecessor in jail, he’s starting his single five-year term on Wednesday with a host of problems on his desk.

EghtesadOnline: South Koreans are voting Tuesday in a special election to replace ousted leader Park Geun-hye, the culmination of months of discord that saw the country’s biggest street protests since the 1980s.

EghtesadOnline: South Korea’s presidential election next month is turning into a two-horse race between two former liberal allies, after Ahn Cheol-soo overtook Moon Jae-in in the latest polls.