South Korea Calls for Election on June 3 To Replace Ousted President Yoon

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South Korea will elect a new president on June 3 to replace ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon's impeachment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law was upheld by the country's Constitutional Court last week.

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00:00South Korea will hold snap elections to elect a new president on June 3rd, after former

00:05President Yoon Suk-yul was removed from office.

00:08The country's constitutional court last week upheld Yoon's impeachment for his short-lived

00:13declaration of martial law.

00:15South Korean law requires a presidential election to be held within 60 days if the position

00:20falls vacant.

00:21It is a election that will be held within 60 days in a short-lived period of a long-term

00:28election.

00:29I will support a more confident and transparent election in the election.

00:38Polls show Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, who ran against Yoon in 2022 as the frontrunner

00:45to replace him.

00:50To be continued...

00:56...

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