The Latest Breaking News from Yoon Suk Yeol

President is likely to move his office back to Blue House, which was abandoned by president Yoon Suk Yeol

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea’s snap presidential election with a clear lead. With all of the ballots counted, Lee won almost 50% of the vote, ahead of his conservative rival Kim Moon-soo on 41%. He takes over a country that is deeply divided along gender lines.

Victory heralds change for Asia’s fourth-largest economy after snap election triggered by impeachment

New president faces formidable challenges that could plunge his term into crisis before it has even begun

South Korea has a new president.

Liberal who led campaign to oust Yoon Suk Yeol wins race as conservative opponent concedes defeat

Exit poll results are based on surveys of about 100,000 voters at 325 polling stations

Polls favour liberal Lee Jae Myung to win

Election pitting liberal Lee Jae-myung against conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo comes after months of chaos following Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law