SEOUL -- On the night of the final televised debate before South Korea elects a new president, supporters of various political movements converged en masse at the studio hosting the event. What they offered was a vivid demonstration of the raucous, divided state of the country's politics that awaits the victor in the June 3 election.
Presidential election banners displayed in Seoul, May 24. A win for Lee Jae-Myung would boost his Democratic Party, which already has a majority in the National Assembly, to a position of exceptional dominance. © Getty Images
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