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South Korean President Takes Over A Country Deeply Split By Gender Politics
Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea's snap presidential election with a clear lead. With all of the ballots counted, Lee won almost 50% of the vote, ahead of his conservative rival Kim Moon-soo on 41%.
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Young South Korean Women Help Propel Liberal Candidate Lee To Victory
Young women in South Korea voted in droves to help new liberal President Lee Jae-myung win Tuesday's election, reflecting the entrenched gender divide over politics in the country where more young men backed conservative candidates.
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South Korea To Hold Presidential Election On June 3
South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, the country's acting president said Tuesday, after Seoul's former leader Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over a disastrous declaration of martial law.
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Doctors, Dior And Onions: Issues That Could Influence South Korean Voters
What do striking doctors, a Dior handbag and green onions all have in common? They are all trending topics that have got voters talking before South Korea's legislative election on Wednesday.
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Yoon Suk-yeol Elected South Korea's New President
Opposition conservative Yoon Suk-yeol has been elected South Korean president, the Yonhap news agency reported Thursday, after rival Lee Jae-myung from the ruling Democratic Party conceded.
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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Ahead Of South's Presidential Election
A North Korean projectile launched on Saturday is estimated to have reached a height of 550 km (340 miles) and flown for a distance of 300 km (190 miles), Japanese Defence Minister said.
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South Korea's Presidential Candidate's Wife Threatens To "Jail" Critical Reporters
A South Korean opposition party was struggling Monday to contain the fallout after the wife of its presidential candidate threatened to "jail all reporters" who criticised her husband.
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South Koreans Head To Polls Despite Global Pandemic
Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fevers, special polling stations for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat.
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Trump Asked For Public Credit For North Korea Talks
Even before he was elected South Korea's president eight months ago, Moon Jae-in was vowing to take the "driver's seat" in global efforts to deal with North Korea.
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Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Goes On Trial Today
The trial, expected to last for months, is the final act in the drama that engulfed Park Geun-Hye, the daughter of a dictator who went on to be elected president herself before she was sacked by South Korea's top court in March.
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South Koreans Elect Liberal Moon Jae-in President After Months Of Turmoil
South Koreans have elected a new president who is wary of the United States and wants to foster warmer ties with North Korea, opening a new and potentially difficult chapter in relations with Washington.
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Landslide Win For Moon Jae-In In South Korea Election, Suggests Exit Poll
South Koreans went to the polls to choose a new president after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North.
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'I Will Be President For All South Koreans': Moon Jae-In
Exit polls projected Moon would take 41.4 percent of the vote, 18 percentage points ahead of his nearest challenger.
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South Koreans Vote For New Leader After Months Of Political Vacuum
South Koreans began voting on Tuesday to elect a new leader, looking to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down former President Park Geun-hye and shook the political and business elite to the core.
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Can South Korea's Moon Make 'Sunshine' Again With Defiant North?
Now, with South Koreans in next week's presidential election almost certain to elect liberal Moon Jae-in, they have reason for hope. Moon has promised to reopen the complex, the signature project of the so-called "Sunshine Policy" of engagement with North Korea pursued earlier this century.
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South Korean President Takes Over A Country Deeply Split By Gender Politics
Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea's snap presidential election with a clear lead. With all of the ballots counted, Lee won almost 50% of the vote, ahead of his conservative rival Kim Moon-soo on 41%.
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Young South Korean Women Help Propel Liberal Candidate Lee To Victory
Young women in South Korea voted in droves to help new liberal President Lee Jae-myung win Tuesday's election, reflecting the entrenched gender divide over politics in the country where more young men backed conservative candidates.
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South Korea To Hold Presidential Election On June 3
South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, the country's acting president said Tuesday, after Seoul's former leader Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over a disastrous declaration of martial law.
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Doctors, Dior And Onions: Issues That Could Influence South Korean Voters
What do striking doctors, a Dior handbag and green onions all have in common? They are all trending topics that have got voters talking before South Korea's legislative election on Wednesday.
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Yoon Suk-yeol Elected South Korea's New President
Opposition conservative Yoon Suk-yeol has been elected South Korean president, the Yonhap news agency reported Thursday, after rival Lee Jae-myung from the ruling Democratic Party conceded.
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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Ahead Of South's Presidential Election
A North Korean projectile launched on Saturday is estimated to have reached a height of 550 km (340 miles) and flown for a distance of 300 km (190 miles), Japanese Defence Minister said.
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South Korea's Presidential Candidate's Wife Threatens To "Jail" Critical Reporters
A South Korean opposition party was struggling Monday to contain the fallout after the wife of its presidential candidate threatened to "jail all reporters" who criticised her husband.
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South Koreans Head To Polls Despite Global Pandemic
Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fevers, special polling stations for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat.
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Trump Asked For Public Credit For North Korea Talks
Even before he was elected South Korea's president eight months ago, Moon Jae-in was vowing to take the "driver's seat" in global efforts to deal with North Korea.
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Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Goes On Trial Today
The trial, expected to last for months, is the final act in the drama that engulfed Park Geun-Hye, the daughter of a dictator who went on to be elected president herself before she was sacked by South Korea's top court in March.
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South Koreans Elect Liberal Moon Jae-in President After Months Of Turmoil
South Koreans have elected a new president who is wary of the United States and wants to foster warmer ties with North Korea, opening a new and potentially difficult chapter in relations with Washington.
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Landslide Win For Moon Jae-In In South Korea Election, Suggests Exit Poll
South Koreans went to the polls to choose a new president after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North.
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'I Will Be President For All South Koreans': Moon Jae-In
Exit polls projected Moon would take 41.4 percent of the vote, 18 percentage points ahead of his nearest challenger.
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South Koreans Vote For New Leader After Months Of Political Vacuum
South Koreans began voting on Tuesday to elect a new leader, looking to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down former President Park Geun-hye and shook the political and business elite to the core.
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Can South Korea's Moon Make 'Sunshine' Again With Defiant North?
Now, with South Koreans in next week's presidential election almost certain to elect liberal Moon Jae-in, they have reason for hope. Moon has promised to reopen the complex, the signature project of the so-called "Sunshine Policy" of engagement with North Korea pursued earlier this century.
