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Democrat Lee Jae-myung elected South Korea president

South Korea has elected Lee Jae-myung as president.

Frank Smith
Press TV, Seoul

South Korea has elected Lee Jae-myung as president after months of political turmoil.

Lee, from the opposition Democratic Party, won in a landslide, with conservatives punished over the martial law debacle of former president Yoon Suk-yeol last December.