Lee Jae-myung heartbeat away from South Korea’s presidency as Kim Moon-soo concedes defeat in Presidential election

Lee Jae-myung is a heartbeat away from South Korea’s presidency as Kim Moon-soo concedes defeat in the Presidential elections. Here are more details.

Shrey Banerjee
Updated3 Jun 2025, 11:09 PM IST
South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, left, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung greet supporters.
South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, left, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung greet supporters. (AP)

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung looks all set to become the next President of South Korea as Kim Moon-soo, South Korea's main conservative candidate, has already conceded defeat in the Presidential election. According to The Guardian, with just 70% of the votes having been counted, Lee of the Democratic Party held a strong lead at 48.523%. With almost impossible chances of a turnaround, Moon-soo was prompted to concede defeat in the elections.

As the results kept coming in, an elated Lee Jae-myung thanked voters for picking the Liberals as their choice, indicating towards a new chapter in Asia's geopolitics.

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