Alastair Gale was Asia security correspondent and Japan editor for The Wall Street Journal, based in Tokyo. He covered regional security issues, with a focus on China, as well as major news ...

SEOUL: No thanks to his "xie xie" gaffe from a year ago, former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who is widely regarded as ...

1926 -- King Yeongchin, the second son of King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), succeeds King Seonjong during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. He had lived and studied in Japan ...