South Korea's voters cast their ballots in a snap presidential election sparked by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.

South Korea’s presidential election result was never really in doubt. The real question is which version of Lee Jae-myung will now govern the highly polarized nation of 50 million.

South Korea’s opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected president in a race that was largely a verdict on ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched attempt to revive martial law after decades of democratic rule.