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SHOCKING: S korea crisis deepens with election frontrunner retrial resignations | Mind Blowing Facts

Lee Jae-myung is South Korea’s main opposition leader (Credit: AFP)

South Korea's political chaos deepened Thursday after a retrial was ordered for a presidential frontrunner over alleged election law violations and two key government figures quit ahead of a snap election next month.

The June 3 vote will decide who replaces impeached ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was removed from office over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December.

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