In a hotly contested race, Yoon Seok-youl of the People Power Party emerged victorious in the South Korean presidential election on March 9.
The victory resurrects conservative political forces in Korea that have been struggling to achieve political realignment since the impeachment of Park Geun-hye in 2017.
The president elect will take office on May 10, 2022.
Yoon won by a margin of 0.8 with 48.6 percent of the vote. Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party trailed closely behind with 47.8 percent.
The vote gap between the two candidates stood at 274,151 when 99 percent of the votes were counted, marking the closest presidential election in South Korean history.
This time I would like tentatively to share the insights of Mr. Victor Cha who is senior vice president and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, and Ms. Dana Kim, a Korea policy scholar with the CSIS Korea Chair.
Their theme is:
Critical Questions: Yoon Seok-youl: What to Expect from South Korea’s Next President.
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