
Watch: BBC on the ground in Seoul as new president is announced
created: June 3, 2025, 6:30 p.m. | updated: June 5, 2025, 3:18 a.m.
Millions voted in Tuesday's snap election triggered by former president Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his failed martial law bid.
Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party conceded defeat and congratulated Lee Jae-myung, who had fought this election as a referendum on martial law – promising to make sure it would never happen again.
The BBC's Jean Mackenzie reports from a Democratic Party victory rally in central Seoul, as the election results are announced.
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