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Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is poised to win South Korea’s snap election, according to surveys. His victory could shift Seoul’s foreign policy away from the US-Japan axis towards closer ties with China.
The Japanese government plans to cautiously study the foreign policy of new South Korean president Lee Jae-myung, who has taken tough positions on Japan in the past.
Earlier, exit polls by South Korea’s three major TV stations – KBS, MBC and SBS – projected a comfortable win for Lee. The exit polls projected more than 50 percent of the vote for the opposition candidate and 39 percent for Kim.
TOKYO/CHONGQING: South Korea's East Asian neighbours Japan and China on Wednesday (June 4) quickly congratulated President Lee Jae-myung on his resounding election win, even as both countries are closely watching for clues to how the liberal leader will approach bilateral relations.
Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing nationalist, flipped exit poll results and defeated Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.
Seoul, South Korea — Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is forecast to win South Korea's snap presidential election, a joint exit poll on Tuesday showed, two months after his archrival and then conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his short-lived imposition of martial law.