Liberal Lee Jae-myung elected South Korea’s new president

South Korea held a snap election to choose a successor to Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached over his martial law declaration in December. The winner, the Democratic party’s Lee Jae-myung, 61, has promised political and economic reforms to help the country recover from the brief period of martial law. He faces several legal cases that could plunge his term into crisis before it has even begun