In the presidential election held on June 3, Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the reformist Democratic Party of Korea, defeated other candidates including Kim Moon-soo, the candidate of the conservative People’s Power Party, and was elected as the new president.
Lee Jae-myung gave a speech to supporters in the early morning of the 4th, saying: “My first priority is to end the chaos in the country and ensure that there will be no more military coups.” He went on to point out: “Even if politicians are enemies and fight each other, the people do not have to hate each other like them. It is the president’s responsibility to maintain national unity.” In view of the increasing division and confrontation in Korean society since former President Yoon Seok-yeol declared “emergency martial law” during his tenure in December last year, Lee Jae-myung emphasized that he will be committed to ending this situation.
