Leftist Lee Jae Myung Wins Presidential Election In South Korea
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Left-wing candidate Lee Jae Myung has won the presidential election in South Korea, with conservative rival Kim Moon Soo conceding defeat, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.
After counting almost all the votes, the opposition politician is clearly ahead of Kim, Yonhap reported.
South Korea's liberal party candidate Lee Jae-myung led with more than 85% of the votes counted in Tuesday's snap presidential election, six months to the day after he evaded military cordons to vote against a shock martial law decree.
His conservative rival, Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party, conceded the race and congratulated Lee.
Lee's victory stands to usher in a political sea change in Asia's fourth-largest economy, after the backlash against the martial law brought down Yoon Suk Yeol, the conservative outsider who narrowly beat Lee in the 2022 election.
Nearly 80% of South Korea's 44.39 million eligible voters cast their ballots, the highest turnout for a presidential election in the country since 1997, with Lee terming the polls "judgment day" against Yoon's martial law and the PPP's failure to distance itself from that decision.
After counting almost all the votes, the opposition politician is clearly ahead of Kim, Yonhap reported.
South Korea's liberal party candidate Lee Jae-myung led with more than 85% of the votes counted in Tuesday's snap presidential election, six months to the day after he evaded military cordons to vote against a shock martial law decree.
His conservative rival, Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party, conceded the race and congratulated Lee.
Lee's victory stands to usher in a political sea change in Asia's fourth-largest economy, after the backlash against the martial law brought down Yoon Suk Yeol, the conservative outsider who narrowly beat Lee in the 2022 election.
Nearly 80% of South Korea's 44.39 million eligible voters cast their ballots, the highest turnout for a presidential election in the country since 1997, with Lee terming the polls "judgment day" against Yoon's martial law and the PPP's failure to distance itself from that decision.
