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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician vowing to fight inequality and corruption, will become the country’s next president on Wednesday after an election that closed one of the most turbulent chapters in the young democracy.

Lee, 60, the candidate of the liberal opposition Democratic Party, is taking office for a full, single five-year term, succeeding Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who was felled over his stunning yet brief imposition of martial law in December.

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[–] miseducator@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Care to elaborate on rampant racism? Lived in SoKo for fifteen years as a foreigner and haven't noticed much of it myself.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 11 points 2 days ago (9 children)

It is apparently focused on black people. White people are seen as superior for some reason. https://unbiasthenews.org/heard-but-not-seen-being-black-in-south-korea/ This is a few years old, but I don't imagine too much has changed. I've never been to Korea, I'm no expert on it or anything, but I'm inclined to believe Mr. Pinnacle.

[–] miseducator@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I personally know Pinnacle and he's right, but I wouldn't call it rampant racism. Those clubs that don't allow foreigners have been named and shamed and put on the news over and over throughout the years where you just don't hear about them anymore. They didn't let anyone not Korean in, not just black people. It was always just a few dumb clubs anyway, not exactly rampant. Koreans, in general are relatively open to outsiders, especially compared to the Japanese.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Did they ever create any anti- discrimination laws?

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