SEOUL (The Korea Herald/Asia News Network): Opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol (pic) was elected the next president in a close race. The People Power Party candidate beat Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea by about 247,000 votes, the slimmest margin since the Constitution was amended to hold direct presidential elections in 1987.
The election results show how bitterly divided politics are here. This was foreseen to some extent. Campaigns were extremely negative. Calling this a contest between the two "all-time most unlikeable" candidates did not sound strange.
