SEOUL (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): South Korea's icon of justice Yoon Suk-yeol has won one of the closest presidential races in the country's democratic history.
The candidate from the conservative opposition People Power Party, who rode on a wave of anti-government sentiment and desire for regime change, won 48.5 per cent of the vote on Thursday morning (March 10), just 0.7 percentage point ahead of main rival Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party.
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