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- Lee Jae-myung of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea looks set to win Tuesday’s snap election, with provisional results showing him winning 48 percent of the vote after more than 90 percent of ballots were tallied.
- His conservative rival, Kim Moon-soo, who won 42 percent, has conceded defeat.
- The snap vote was called after former President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached and removed from office over his shock martial law decree.
- South Koreans turned out in large numbers for the vote, with a turnout of 79.4 percent, the highest in a presidential election since 1997.