He won the election with 49.42% of the vote, defeating his main rival, Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party. On Wednesday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega sent his congratulations to Lee Jae-myung on his election as president of South Korea. RELATED: Ortega Murillo’s Visit to Moscow Strengthens Russia-Nicaragua Ties “On behalf of the People […]

This is the second time in the past three administrations that South Korea has had to hold an early presidential election. On Tuesday, the first exit polls released after the close of voting stations in South Korea placed opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung as the clear winner of the presidential election, with around 50% of the […]