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S. Korean president-elect visits national cemetery

10 March 2022
20365
2022-03-10 14:47

South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol visited the Seoul National Cemetery on Thursday for his first official event following the election. Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor, was elected South Korea's new president earlier the day, defeating his chief liberal rival in one of the country's most closely fought presidential elections. With more than 98% of the ballots counted, Yoon had 48.6% of the votes against his rival Lee Jae-myung's 47.8 %.Yoon is to take office in May and serve a single five-year term as leader of the world's 10thlargest economy.

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