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© 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Ex-prosecutor Yoon elected South Korean president
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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PTownsend
Democracy Korean style appears to have prevailed. How nice to see the man who got fewer votes be gracious in defeat. Hopefully the new Korean leader and his party will live up to their campaign promises and do what they can to help Korean people of all classes, not just the Chaebol. May Mr. Lee and his party members work closely with the new government to help ensure all Korean people are treated fairly and are able to thrive. Hopefully all foreign powers will leave South Koreans alone and let them chart their own course and continue rebuilding their nation on their own terms without too much outside interference.
dagon
Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte
And someone with a well known history of abusive practices who will probably face prosecution in the near future.
Remind you of anyone?
Unfortunate that a progressive lost and shows what some makeup and media saavy in the absence of all else can do in the "democratic" political game.
TeslaInvestor
PTownsend
korea and Japan will never be free from foreign influences. Do you think we have military there just for fun? We use these countries in case we need to invade the Chinese mainland.
The Avenger
I hope he does well and keeps peace in the region. My nephew will be stationed there soon.
Aly Rustom
congratulations
Well said PT
Scott
From a previous article:
TeslaInvestor
Scott
This Yoon guy seems absolutely based. 4chan is praising him.
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
He mentioned regional security cooperation with Tokyo but nothing else about improving the relationship with Japan and other long standing issues.
Nonetheless congratulations.
Let's see how "properly" you can lead and what kind of a difference can be made in only a 5 yr term
Mark
I'm afraid it's just going to be the Moon administration 2.0.
lucabrasi
A rightist. divisive blowhard,
Just what the world needs,,,,
noriahojanen
The defeat of candidate Lee Jae-Myung may deprive many bald voters of hope...
South Korean Presidential Candidate Gets Bald Vote By Touting Hair-Loss Treatment Coverage
https://www.newsweek.com/south-korean-presidential-candidate-gets-bald-vote-touting-hair-loss-treatment-coverage-1666555
miru
Following standard Korean practice, I wonder now how many years of prison term leaving president Lee will get?
miru
Following standard Korean practice, I wonder now how many years of prison term leaving president Moon will get?
Harry_Gatto
I think that most people in Japan, including the Japanese government, couldn't care less who won the Korean presidential election. They will still hear the same noises only from a different voice.
Hiro
Lee supporters still had 47% of the votes. Meaning his party has more than 15 millions of supporters. Yoon is gonna have a very tough time making any changes if you ask me. The problem with these kind of close win is that there is always half the public who would resist any policy you try to make and watch you like a hawk hoping to drag you into the water. I don't envy the next 5 year of what he will be facing. Especially with all the recent problems the world is facing.
Eppee
I dont know, lots of Korean were saying it was choosing between plague and cholera ....
Desert Tortoise
Five more years of gridlock in the ROK government. What worries me are the number of anti-feminists who now apparently have a champion in the Blue House. South Korea's demographics are already unsustainable and I suspect this will only get worse now as males feel emboldened to put women down.
venze
Yoon elected president, a win expected to herald Seoul’s drive to seek a stronger alliance with US & take a tougher line on N Korea:
Could that be what Seoul wants? Some would have thought S Korea should distance itself more from US & be friendlier with the North.
Anyway, wait..
Yotomaya
A president who wants to do away with minimum wage, thinks there's no gender discrimination (who needs facts and studies when you have "traditional" privileges and roles, right?) and is "hard-line" on their nuclear-weapon equipped neighbour. Are choices in all countries of the world so bad that guys like him are deemed "the lesser of two evils"?
Sh1mon M4sada
Don't read too much into it. Moon sealed Lee's fate with his opposition to crackdown on corruption by Yoon. SK people hates corruption and cronyism, Yoon had a lucky run and pressed the right button.
Yes, Moon was Yoon's boss, and he tried to thwart a prosecution of a chaebol, he should have done it after the election, he costed Lee the election.
As for progressive Lee, he's like other progressive elite liberals around the world, utterly compromised by global corporate giants.
So until the next election, SK can expect a lot of rockets from the north. At least that'll give Japan a break.
Kyo wa heiwa dayo ne
@ Harry
Oh they care much more than you realize !
Hence all the squabbling !
That's what happens when you think you know what the majority of Japan and the Japanese government wants.
It's not possible to know what everyone wants unless your omnipresent .
Are you omnipresent Harry ?
Obviously not !
Desert Tortoise
it seems like the ethical compromises people who aspire to high public office are forced to submit to by powerful outside forces to gain the political support necessary to win elections drives away those who are good of heart leaving only scoundrels and the power hungry willing to run for office. It doesn't seem to be a problem confined to South Korea either. Add to that the seeming tradition of South Korean politics to throw former Presidents in jail after their term of office that probably deters many otherwise good candidates.
Paul
That's all the world needs right now - another provocative nutcase hoping for a fight.