Lee Jun-Seok, new chairman of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) speaks after elected for leadership race at party headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, June 11, 2021. Kim Min-Hee/Pool via REUTERS
SEOUL (Reuters) -A 36-year-old South Korean startup founder was elected leader of the conservative opposition party on Friday and pledged to win over voters increasingly disillusioned with traditional rough-and-tumble politics and retake the presidency next year.
Lee Jun-seok became the youngest leader of any major political party in democratic South Korean history, elected by party delegates and through public polls to head the People Power Party.
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