New chief Lee Jae-myung pledges to ‘unite’ a divided nation

Simply hours after successful the South Korean presidency, Lee Jae-myung pledged to “unite the folks” in his inauguration speech on Wednesday.

Lee enters workplace at a time when the nation continues to be grappling with deep divisions, which have been additional triggered after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock martial regulation declaration final December.

“I’ll begin with reviving the economic system and therapeutic the folks,” he instructed an viewers a the Nationwide Meeting. “No matter who you supported on this election… I would be the president of all of the folks.”

Lee, a candidate of the liberal Democratic Celebration was elected with almost 50% of the vote.

He blamed the nation’s political turmoil on “political factions with no need to work for the lives of the folks”.

“I’ll work to unite the folks,” he stated.