After chaos of the Yoon era, South Korea prepares to pick a new president

<p>Koreans hope politics can return to a focus on record high youth unemployment and a cost of living crisis after impeachment drama</p><p>After the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/06/k-pop-and-autocrats-jolt-to-democracy-lays-bare-south-korea-two-sides">unprecedented turmoil</a> of the past six months, South Koreans could be forgiven for breathing a collective sigh of relief that the political focus has shifted from an impeachment crisis to economic policy ahead of next month’s presidential election.</p><p>The economy is expected to dominate the campaign to elect a new president on 3 June, after the impeachment of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/yoon-suk-yeol">Yoon Suk Yeol</a>, whose <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/03/south-koreas-president-lifts-martial-law-in-the-face-of-united-opposition">declaration of martial law</a> in December triggered the South’s most serious political crisis for decades.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/14/after-chaos-of-the-yoon-era-south-korea-prepares-to-pick-a-new-president-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>