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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Opposition candidate Yoon elected South Korean president
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Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, raises his hand during a presidential election campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Opposition conservative Yoon Suk-yeol has been elected South Korean president, the Yonhap news agency reports after rival Lee Jae-myung from the ruling Democratic Party conceded.
“With 98 percent of the vote counted, Yoon had 48.59 percent of the vote against Lee of the liberal Democratic Party (DP)’s 47.79 percent,” Yonhap reports.
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