Former Top Prosecutor Yoon Suk-Yeol Wins South Korean Presidency
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Conservative opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected South Korea's new president following a heated election, raising questions about the future of Asia’s fourth-largest economy amid the global pandemic and U.S.-China tensions.
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South Korea's opposition conservatives have won the presidency after one of the most bitterly contested campaigns in recent history. Conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol took the vote by slightly more than 1%.
South Koreans were voting for a new president Wednesday, with an outspoken liberal ruling party candidate and a conservative former prosecutor considered the favorites in a tight race that has aggravated domestic divisions.
Voters in South Korea are electing a president who will shape Asia's fourth-largest economy. An exit poll showed the conservative candidate ahead, but only narrowly.
Conservative Yoon Seok-youl is projected to win South Korea’s presidential election. The ex-prosecutor defeated his rival, former provincial governor Lee Jae-Myung, in a vote Wednesday. The election was one of South Korea’s ugliest in recent memory, as VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from Seoul.
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was projected to win Wednesday's election,
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 l
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte, was elected South Korea’s new president on Thursday, a win expected to herald
South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected president in Wednesday’s election, with ruling party candidate Lee Jae-myung conceding defeat and congratulating his opponent.
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was projected to win Wednesday's election,
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte, was elected South Korea’s president in a win expected to herald a drive
Conservative opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected South Korea's new president following a heated election, raising questions about the future of Asia’s fourth-largest economy amid the global pandemic and U.S.-China tensions.
Elected in one of the narrowest presidential races in South Korea’s history, Yoon Suk Yeol, the country’s former top prosecutor, is a political newcomer with the conservative People Power Party who has sometimes been compared to former President Trump.
