S. Korea's conservative contender Kim Moon

Seoul (AFP) – When his conservative South Korean party bowed to show remorse for ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous martial law decree, Kim Moon-soo sat alone and resolute in symbolic non-apology.

Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, gestures as he leaves an election campaign event ahead of the upcoming June 3 presidential election in Seoul on June 1, 2025.

Lee Jae

Seoul (AFP) – Lawsuits, scandals, armed troops and a knife-wielding attacker all failed to deter Lee Jae-myung’s ascendancy from sweatshop worker to the cusp of South Korea’s presidency.

Opponents decry Lee Jae-myung, 60, for his populist style -- but his rags-to-riches personal story sets him apart from many of South Korea's political elite

Sarri back at Lazio after 15

Milan (Italy) (AFP) – Maurizio Sarri is returning to coach Lazio more than a year after leaving them, the Roman Serie A club announced on Monday.

Maurizio Sarri watching his Lazio team going out of the 2024 Champions League against Bayern Munich