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Landslide win for opposition in South Korea election in huge blow to president Yoon Suk Yeol [Video]

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South Korea‘s main opposition Democratic Party (DP) and its allies scored a landslide victory in Wednesday’s elections for the 300-seat legislature.

The Democratic Party was projected to take 175 seats in the new assembly, data from the National Election Commission and network broadcasters showed.

A splinter liberal party considered allied with the DP was expected to take 12 seats, projections showed, leaving the bloc short of the 200 seats needed for a super-majority.

The results of Wednesday’s elections were a huge blow to president Yoon Suk Yeol, likely setting back his domestic agenda and leaving him facing an intensifying political offensive by his liberal opponents.

Since taking office in 2022 for a single five-year term, Mr Yoon, a former top prosecutor, has been grappling with low approval ratings and a liberal opposition-controlled parliament that …

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