Leftist leader of the Democratic Party Lee Jae-myung won the South Korean presidential election on Tuesday with a comfortable lead over conservative rival Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party (PPP), bringing an official end to a frantic chapter in the nation’s executive politics. On December 3, Yoon announced that he intended to indefinitely impose martial law on the country, shocking the general public and outraging lawmakers, who stormed the National Assembly and managed to vote down the martial law decree before the military could block their entry into the legislative chambers. The Korea JoongAng Daily also reported that Lee promised to “engage in talks with North Korea,” a dramatic departure from Yoon’s policy of recognizing the continued existence of the Korean War – paused but not ended by an armistice agreement in 1953 – and seeking to forge stronger ties with the United States.
Author: Frances Martel, Frances Martel
Published at: 2025-06-03 21:18:46
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