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South Korea: How Does Moon Jae-in’s Presidency Affect the Election

The results of a pre-election survey suggest that growing backlash to Covid-19 policies led to declining support for Moon, perhaps indirectly affecting perceptions of the losing candidate, Lee Jae-myung.

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South Korea’s president-elect wants tougher stance on North Korea

South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol says he will solidify an alliance with the United States, build up a powerful military and sternly cope with North Korean provocations.

Irish Independent

S. Korea's president-elect wants tougher stance on N. Korea

South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol says he would solidify an alliance with the United States, build up a powerful military and sternly cope with North Korean provocations

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South Korea elects Yoon as new president in hawkish turn

SEOUL, South Korea — Former top prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol won election as South Korea’s president, returning the conservative opposition to power after five years and signaling a hawkish turn in the country’s relations with China and North Korea.

Tribune News Service

Conservative Yoon wins tight South Korean presidential race

Seoul (AFP) - Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol won South Korea's presidential election Thursday, with the political novice and avowed anti-feminist immediately promising a more hawkish policy on the nuclear-armed North.

AFP

S.Korea elects conservative outsider as president in tectonic shift

Conservative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol rode to victory in a tight presidential election on a wave of discontent over economic policy, scandals and gender wars, reshaping the political future of Asia's fourth-largest economy.

Reuters

South Korean conservative declares win in presidential race

Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor, has been elected South Korea’s new president, defeating his chief liberal rival in one of the country’s most closely fought presidential elections.

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Conservative Election Win in South Korea Shows Hawkish Turn

Former top prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol won election as South Korea’s president, returning the conservative opposition to power after five years and signaling a hawkish turn in the country’s relations with China and North Korea.

Bloomberg

South Korea presidential election close after early results

Voting in South Korea’s presidential election appeared too close to call on Wednesday, according to early results and exit polls, after a hard-fought campaign that pitted an outspoken liberal ex-governor against a conservative former top prosecutor.

Irish Independent

South Korea presidential race too close to call

South Korea’s presidential race was too close to call as votes were being counted, with an exit poll released minutes after polls closed Wednesday showing conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol with a lead of less than one percentage point.

Tribune News Service

South Korea's two presidential candidates in tight race as polls close

Seoul (AFP) - A scandal-plagued liberal and an anti-feminist conservative were locked in a dead heat Wednesday in the race to become South Korea's next president, with exit polls showing the two leading candidates less than a percentage point apart.

AFP

S.Korea conservative presidential candidate Yoon slightly ahead - exit poll

South Korea's conservative presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was slightly ahead of liberal Lee Jae-myung with 48.4% to 47.8%, an exit poll conducted jointly by three television networks showed on Wednesday.

Reuters

South Korea Chooses New President with Inequality Key Concern

South Koreans were at the polls electing a new president Wednesday with economic inequality a top concern especially among young swing voters, despite growing saber-rattling from the nuclear-armed North. Polling booths opened at 6 am (2100 GMT) and record early voting indicates turnout will be high after a campaign dominated…

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South Koreans vote for new president after tight and bitter election race

South Koreans were voting for a new president on Wednesday, with an outspoken liberal ruling party candidate and a conservative former prosecutor considered the favourites in a tight race that has aggravated domestic divisions.

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AFP

South Korea votes in tight presidential race with inequality top concern

Seoul (AFP) - South Koreans are voting Wednesday in a tightly fought presidential election with the deciding votes set to be cast by young people, whose top concerns are economic inequality and unemployment -- not recent sabre-rattling from the nuclear-armed North.

Tribune News Service

South Korea votes for president to steer its virus-hit economy

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea went to the polls to elect a new president to manage relations with nuclear-armed neighbors China and North Korea, and guide the export-driven economy as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens global growth.

AFP

South Korea chooses new president with inequality key concern

Seoul (AFP) - South Koreans were at the polls electing a new president Wednesday with economic inequality a top concern especially among young swing voters, despite growing sabre-rattling from the nuclear-armed North.

The Independent UK

South Korea votes for president in tight, bitter election

South Koreans have begun voting for a new president to choose between a liberal maverick and a conservative former prosecutor in an election that has aggravated the country’s domestic divisions

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Reuters

South Korean opposition candidate Yoon elected president

South Korea's opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was projected to win Wednesday's election, broadcaster KBS said, with nearly 90% of votes counted, a race that will shape Asia's fourth-largest economy for the next five years.

Bloomberg

South Korea Votes for President to Steer Virus-Hit Economy

South Korea went to the polls to elect a new president to manage relations with nuclear-armed neighbors China and North Korea, and guide the export-driven economy as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens global growth.

The Guardian - UK

Shamans, Hitler and mutual hatred: South Koreans go to polls in rancorous election

Presidential hopefuls trade insults and fend off allegations of impropriety in race some liken to Squid Game series

Al Jazeera

As South Korea votes, shopping mall bid spotlights regional split

Presidential candidate’s pledge to build shopping complex spotlights regionalism and suspicion of big business.

Reuters

Factbox-Where S.Korea's Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung stands on the issues

A long-time member of outgoing President Moon Jae-in's Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myung rose to prominence with an aggressive pandemic response, a populist economic agenda, and by touting an outsider image.

The Independent UK

What to know about South Korea's presidential election

South Koreans vote Wednesday to choose their next president

Reuters

Leader of S.Korea's ruling party attacked ahead of presidential election

The leader of South Korea's ruling party was hospitalised on Monday after being attacked while campaigning for this week's presidential election, a race already overshadowed by controversy and in which early voting has been marred by irregularities.

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