The election ends a period of intense political turmoil

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South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference at the Presidential office in Seoul on June 4, 2025. Photgraph: Ahn Young-joon / AFP.
South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference at the Presidential office in Seoul on June 4, 2025. Photgraph: Ahn Young-joon / AFP.

With the election of Lee Jae-myung as president of South Korea, a period of political turmoil there may be over - for now at least.

But Lee, leader of the centre-left Democratic Party, faces many challenges, including a political system in disarray, the threat of tariffs and a looming demographic disaster. Denis Staunton reports on the political situation in South Korea on today’s Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan.

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