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Lee Jae-myung is South Korea's likely next president
SOUTH KOREAN voters appear poised to make Lee Jae-myung, the candidate from the liberal Democratic Party (DP), their country's next president. A nationwide exit poll shows Mr Lee with a commanding 51.7% to 39.3% lead over his main conservative opponent in the snap elections held on June 3rd to replace Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached for declaring martial law last December. Mr Yoon's fateful move triggered six months of turmoil. The next president will inherit a divided society and a battered economy, as well as big challenges from abroad, in particular Donald Trump, who has threatened South Korea with crippling tariffs and called America's security commitments to its long-time ally into question.
