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Millions Southern Voters are holding their ballots for the new president on Tuesday after the expelling of former President Yun Suk Yiol.
Traditional Yun, in December, faces an inquiry into a rebellion on his short -term martial legal declaration.
Pre-election surveys have suggested that Yun’s liberal archival’s Lee Jay-Mung appeared to win the coast due to public frustration over Conservatives in the wake of Yune’s martial law.
Chief conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo, who is struggling to win the middle swing voters, is an internal hatred of how to see their People Power Party Yun’s actions.
South Korea’s Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jay-Mung arrived on Monday, June 2, 2025, for the presidential election campaign in Seoul, South Korea on Monday. (AP)
Over the past six months, most crowd gathered on the streets to protest against Yun or come to their support.
The winners of the election will be sworn in as the President for the same, full five -year term on Wednesday without a two -month transformation period. The new president will face significant challenges, including a slow economy, US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and North -korean Nuclear threats.
Voting began at 6 am at more than 14,000 polling stations across the country. Observers say the surveys will be closed at 8 pm, and the winners can be announced behind midnight.
Presidential candidate Kim Moon Soo, along with the People Power Party, held a rally in Seole, South Korea on Monday, 2025. (AP)
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon of local time, more than 13 million people put their ballot. During the two -day opening polls last week, approximately 15 million voted, which means voter turnout is 65.5%. There are 44.4 million eligible voters in South Korea.
On Tuesday, Lee, who took Yun to the Democratic Party, demanded a “tough and visionary argument” against conservatives about Yun’s martial legal declaration.
In his final campaign speech on Monday, Lee argued that Kim’s victory represents “the return of the rebellion, the destruction of democracy and the destruction of the human rights of the people.” He pledged to revive the economy, reduce inequality and ease national categories.
On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, she voted for the women’s presidential election at the polling station in Seole, South Korea. (AP)
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Kim, a former labor minister, warned that Lee’s victory would allow the victory of Lee, to initiate a political vindictive against opponents and to legalize the laws to protect him from various legal problems, as his party already has control over Parliament.
Lee is now trying to “seize all the authority in South Korea and establish a Hitler -like dictatorship,” Kim said at the rally Southeast city busan.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
