Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s next president on Wednesday following a dramatic snap election six months after the country’s previous leader declared martial law and plunged the nation into chaos.

Poland’s divided electorate has delivered a blow to the governing coalition, but not yet to the country’s economic momentum. The narrow victory of conservative opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki in the June 1 presidential election ensures continued institutional deadlock,

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Poland, a leading example of economic growth and increased military spending in Europe, will vote in a presidential runoff Sunday in a race that remains too close to call.

Polls have closed in South Korea’s presidential election, where people have been voting to elect a new leader, six months after the former president tried to bring the country under military rule. We look at the economy, the US trade negotiations and speak to local business owner.

It will be a bitter contest, with insults hurled in both directions, dire warnings about the end of civilisation if the other guy wins, and a close result that the loser won’t accept as legitimate.

Smaller parties quickly coalesced behind opposition leader Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, tasking her to lead the country through its oil and gas boom.