South Korean conservatives looking for rebirth after election loss

FILE PHOTO: South Korea’s ruling People Power Party floor leader Kweon Seong-dong sits during the impeachment vote of a plenary session for South Korean acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 27, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's right is looking to remake itself after a massive defeat in this week's snap presidential election that left it with little power to challenge the ruling Democratic Party.

New leader Lee Jae-myung and his party now control parliament and the presidency with Tuesday's polls exposing the smouldering resentment in South Korea over former President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched martial law declaration in December.