After just over three hours of vote counting, South Korea’s three major terrestrial broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS have simultaneously declared Lee Jae Myung of the Democratic Party as the clear winner of the 21st presidential election held on June 3rd.
At approximately 11:40 PM, about three and a half hours after polls closed, the broadcasters announced Lee’s victory with certainty.
Held amidst unprecedented emergency martial law and the subsequent dismissal of former President Yoon Seok Yeol, this historic early election marks only the second of its kind in South Korea’s history. The public decisively chose a change in government after three years.
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