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South Korea election: Lee Jae-myung takes over a country split by gender politics

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea’s snap presidential election with a clear lead. With all of the ballots counted, Lee won almost 50% of the vote, ahead of his conservative rival Kim Moon-soo on 41%. He takes over a country that is deeply divided along gender lines.

The Conversation

South Korea's new president vows to restart talks with North Korea

Lee Jae-myung, whose government inherits economic challenges and a politically fragmented society, began his term early on Wednesday after winning a snap election.

Euronews

Who is Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president?

Lee, the standard bearer for the left-leaning Democratic Party, is known for his populist style and humble beginnings.

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Liberal Lee Jae Myung wins South Korea election and promises unity after turmoil

Victory heralds change for Asia’s fourth-largest economy after snap election triggered by impeachment

The Independent UK

South Korea election results 2025: Who won, who lost, what’s next?

Left-leaning Lee Jae-myung set to become president after conservative Kim Moon-soo concedes defeat.

Al Jazeera

Lee Jae-myung: from child labourer to leader of deeply scarred South Korea

New president faces formidable challenges that could plunge his term into crisis before it has even begun

The Guardian - UK

Liberal Lee Jae-myung Wins 'Judgement Day' Election After Conservative Leader's Ousting

South Korea has a new president.

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Lee Jae-myung wins election as South Korean president

Liberal who led campaign to oust Yoon Suk Yeol wins race as conservative opponent concedes defeat

The Guardian - UK

Liberal Lee wins South Korean presidential election as rival concedes

Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung wins election while conservative rival Kim Moon-soo concedes.

Al Jazeera

South Korea goes to the polls to elect new president after Yoon crisis

Election pitting liberal Lee Jae-myung against conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo comes after months of chaos following Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law

The Guardian - UK

What you need to know as South Korea prepares to vote in presidential election

The new president, who will take office immediately, faces a number of pressing challenges including repairing domestic divisions, navigating US trade tensions and confronting North Korea’s growing nuclear threat.

Euronews

South Korea election: The leading candidates, key dates and top issues

What you need to know as voters go to the polls

The Independent UK

South Korea’s presidential election aims to restore democratic credentials

Polls favour Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung over governing People Power Party’s candidate Kim Moon-soo.

Al Jazeera

As South Korea heads to the polls, can Lee Jae-myung bring the country back from the brink?

The Democratic party frontrunner has drawn support from conservatives who see him as the path back to political normalcy after the chaos of Yoon Suk Yeol

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South Korea’s snap presidential election 2025: All you need to know

The vote, held in the backdrop of a martial law bid by ex-President Yoon Suk-yeol, could affect Seoul’s foreign policy.

International Business Times

Lee Jae-myung's Rise From Poverty To Brink Of South Korean Presidency

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.

The Conversation

After a chaotic 6 months, South Koreans will elect a new president – and hope for bold leadership

On June 3, South Koreans will head to the polls to choose the country’s new president. The election may draw to a close one of the most chaotic and contentious periods in the country’s post-1987 democratic era.

International Business Times

South Koreans Begin Early Voting In Presidential Poll

Early voting in South Korea's presidential elections kicked off on Thursday, with both main candidates set to cast ballots in a poll triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol's ill-fated effort to suspend civilian rule last year.

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The Conversation

3 things to watch as South Koreans head toward the polls following turbulent political period

On June 3, 2025, South Koreans will head to the polls to vote for a new president.

International Business Times

Opposition's Lee Leading South Korea Presidential Race: Poll

A Gallup poll released Tuesday indicates South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is the clear frontrunner to become the country's next president, with less than a week to go until the elections.

Al Jazeera

South Korea’s presidential candidates hold first heated debate

Candidates Lee Jae-myung, the frontrunner, and his opponent Kim Moon-soo clash in the first of three televised debates.

International Business Times

S. Korea Starbucks In A Froth Over Presidential Candidates Names

Starbucks in South Korea has banned customers from using the names of the country's presidential candidates -- or the disgraced ex-president -- for their orders, the coffee giant told AFP on Wednesday.

The Guardian - AU

After chaos of the Yoon era, South Korea prepares to pick a new president

Koreans hope politics can return to a focus on record high youth unemployment and a cost of living crisis after impeachment drama

International Business Times

Election Campaigning Kicks Off In South Korea

The candidates vying to lead South Korea kicked off their official campaigns Monday ahead of a snap presidential election to replace the country's impeached ex-leader, removed over a thwarted martial law bid.

International Business Times

S. Korea Conservatives Choose Presidential Candidate After Last-minute Chaos

South Korea's People Power Party registered former labour minister Kim Moon-soo as its official presidential candidate on Sunday, a day after it attempted to cancel his candidacy.

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