Last month, on 4 June 2025, South Korean voters were summoned to the ballot box in a snap election. With a record-breaking voter turnout of 79.4 percent, this election was hailed as a “judgment day” by the victor, opposition leader Lee Jae‑myung of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), who claimed a narrow yet decisive victory with nearly half of the vote. His rival, Kim Moon‑soo of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) – party of former president Yoon Suk-yeol – trailed at 41 percent.
