South Korea Presidential Election Guide

This is a South Korea news story, published by BBC, that relates primarily to Yoon Suk Yeol news.

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South Korea: A simple guide to the 2025 presidential election

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South Korea will elect a new president on 3 June to replace Yoon Suk Yeol .

He was removed from office for placing the country under martial law for six hours in December .

The winner will be tasked with managing the political and economic fallout of Yoon 's move.

The election is also being held against the backdrop of long-running challenges such as the threat from North Korea and the world's lowest birth rate.

In January this year he became South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut through barbed wire to take him into custody. He was relased from detention weeks later on a technicality. He was recently indicted separately for abuse of power. Before the election, Yoon quit his party in what analysts say is an attempt to shore up the chances of PPP standard bearer Kim Moon-soo ..

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