{"id":15106,"date":"2025-06-03T21:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=15106"},"modified":"2025-06-03T21:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:44:15","slug":"unity-call-as-president-elect-lee-jae-myung-prepares-to-succeed-ousted-conservative-yoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/asia\/asia-pacific\/south-korea\/unity-call-as-president-elect-lee-jae-myung-prepares-to-succeed-ousted-conservative-yoon\/2025\/06\/03\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity call as President-elect Lee Jae-myung prepares to succeed ousted conservative Yoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea.June 03 (AP) \u2014 \u00a0Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to lead South Korea\u2019s liberal opposition, will assume the presidency Wednesday after a decisive election victory that closes a turbulent chapter sparked by his predecessor\u2019s abortive martial law declaration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The 60-year-old Democratic Party candidate captured 49.3% of votes in Tuesday\u2019s snap election, with 99% counted by 3:45 a.m. Wednesday(South Korea&#8217;s time). Conservative rival Kim Moon-soo conceded after trailing by 8 points (41.3%), calling the outcome &#8220;the people\u2019s choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More:<a href=\"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/lee-jae-myung-projected-to-win-south-korean-presidency-in-snap-election\/\">https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/lee-jae-myung-projected-to-win-south-korean-presidency-in-snap-election\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Mandate Amid Crisis<\/strong><br \/>\nLee\u2019s win followed months of political chaos after conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s stunning December imposition of martial law\u2014later overturned by lawmakers who impeached him. Exit polls had long signaled Lee\u2019s advantage amid public fury over the constitutional crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Policy Challenges Ahead<\/strong><br \/>\nThe president-elect faces immediate tests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Foreign Policy<\/strong>: Balancing U.S. alliances against Trump\u2019s tariffs and North Korea\u2019s nuclear threats<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Domestic Agenda<\/strong>: Delivering on pledges to combat inequality, revive the economy, and bridge political divides<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Though critics historically questioned Lee\u2019s stance toward China and North Korea, he has consistently emphasized the U.S. alliance as &#8220;foundational.&#8221; Experts caution significant breakthroughs on trade or denuclearization remain unlikely regardless of leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Unifying pledge<\/strong><br \/>\nAddressing thousands of supporters in Seoul before results were formalized, Lee avoided a victory claim but outlined his vision:\u00a0<em>&#8220;Let us move forward with hope from this moment. Those who opposed us remain fellow citizens of the Republic of Korea.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">He takes office Wednesday for a single five-year term, succeeding Yoon\u2019s ousted administration with promises to tackle corruption and economic disparity forged during his own impoverished upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL, South Korea.June 03 (AP) \u2014 \u00a0Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to lead South Korea\u2019s liberal opposition, will assume the presidency Wednesday after a decisive election victory that closes a turbulent chapter sparked by his predecessor\u2019s abortive martial law declaration. The 60-year-old Democratic Party candidate captured 49.3% of votes in Tuesday\u2019s snap election, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2437,8273],"tags":[9647,9653,1673,6755,9637],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lee-_Jae.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15108,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15106\/revisions\/15108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}