Conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol elected president
Getty ImagesMr Yoon called his win a "victory of the great South Korean people".South Korea has chosen a conservative opposition candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, as the country's next president following a tightly-contested race.
Mr Yoon, a political novice, edged out a victory over the Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung based on promises to tackle class inequality.
He called his win a "victory of the great South Korean people".
But the result was one of the closest in history - with the final count separated by less than 1%.
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