SEOUL -- Conservative opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party early Thursday clinched South Korea's presidential election after Lee Jae-myung of the governing progressive Democratic Party conceded defeat with nearly all ballots counted.
South Korea election
Yoon Suk-yeol clinches tight South Korean presidential election
Ruling party's Lee concedes in one of the closest votes in country's history
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Yoon Suk-yeol holds bouquets as he is congratulated by party’s members and lawmakers at the National Assembly in Seoul on March 10.
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