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Lee Jae-myung Wins Snap Presidential Vote in South Korea
- Lee Jae-myung won a snap presidential election in South Korea on June 3, 2025, defeating conservative Kim Moon-soo with 49.4% of the vote and a 79.4% turnout.
- The election took place after several months of political unrest, triggered by the suspension of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, who had sent military forces to the national assembly in an effort to undermine civilian governance six months prior.
- Lee, a left-leaning human rights lawyer and former mayor and governor, rose from a factory worker injured in an industrial accident to political prominence despite controversies and an assassination attempt.
- Lee has committed to holding those involved in the attempted martial law accountable and to advancing South Korea’s artificial intelligence sector with the ambition of positioning the country among the top three leaders worldwide, all while his ongoing legal cases are paused due to presidential immunity.
- Lee's victory signals public rejection of authoritarianism and creates expectations for national unity and democratic restoration amid a deeply divided country with economic and security pressures.
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean state media on Thursday reported for the first time on the outcome of South Korea’s presidential election held earlier this week. Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party, was elected as South Korea’s 21st president in the election held on June 3, two months after a president was impeached over the December 3 emergency martial law, the short KCNA report said. The report did not comment any further. North…
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North Korean state media informed the domestic population about this week’s South Korean presidential election for the first time Thursday, saying Lee Jae-myung won the vote on June 3. The Rodong Sinmun carried the two-sentence report on the election in small font on the last page of Thursday’s edition. It said the ROK election took […]
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