South Korea votes for new president
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Lawsuits, scandals, armed troops and a knife-wielding attacker all failed to deter Lee Jae-myung's ascendancy from sweatshop worker to the cusp of South Korea's presidency.
When his conservative South Korean party bowed to show remorse for ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol's disastrous martial law decree, Kim Moon-soo sat alone and resolute in symbolic non-apology.
South Korea tackled difficult economic reforms following ... Socioeconomic problems also persist, and include rising inequality, poverty among the elderly, high youth unemployment, long working ...