US EditionHighlights: South Korea's Lee Jae-Myung Projected to Win Presidency, Conservative Rival Concedes Defeat
- Lee Jae-myung won South Korea's snap presidential election on June 4, 2025, in Seoul, defeating conservative Kim Moon-soo.
- The election was called after former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief and unsuccessful attempt to impose martial law in December 2024, which led to his impeachment by the Constitutional Court in April.
- Turnout reached 79.4%, the highest in 28 years, with Lee securing about 49.4% and Kim 41.15% of votes, confirming Lee's victory without a transition period.
- Lee committed to strengthening a forward-looking strategic partnership with the U.S., maintaining steady relationships with China and Russia, and stated that if the South Korean president needed to make temporary concessions to benefit the nation's 52 million citizens, then that course of action was justified.
- Lee's victory brings an end to political turmoil, but he assumes office immediately while contending with several legal challenges, notably a property development scandal involving $1 billion.
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With the election of left-liberal Lee Jae-myung, South Korea's weak South East Asian democracy returns to political stability. What does it stand for - also in relation to North Korea?
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The Lee Jae-myung era of uncertainty
Lee Jae-myung is the new president of the Republic of Korea. The administration has changed hands, but the nature of that change was far from celebratory — it was a choice made in resignation. The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has returned to power, and formally speaking, this was a legitimate transfer of power through the will of the people. But beneath the surface lies a far more troubling truth: this election reads more like a collective di…
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