Lee Jae-myung | Photo Credit: Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar South Korea’s newly elected President, Lee Jae-myung, brings to office a personal history marked by hardship and an agenda shaped by reform. Rising from a child labourer to the nation’s highest post, Mr. Lee assumes leadership in the wake of Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment, with the immediate … Read more
After months of political turmoil in South Korea, Lee Jae-myung has won the presidential election by a wide margin. Mr. Lee’s campaign has ridden a wave of anger against former President Yoon Suk Yeol after he tried to impose martial law in December. Source link
Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is forecast to win South Korea’s snap presidential election, a joint exit poll on Tuesday (June 3, 2025) showed, two months after his arch-rival and then conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his short-lived imposition of martial law. The exit poll by South Korea’s three major TV … Read more
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, removing him from office four months after his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3. Protesters who have been demanding his ouster erupted in cheers at the ruling, waving flags and pumping their fists in the air. For weeks leading … Read more