Lee Jae-myung wins election as South Korean president

Man who led campaign to oust Yoon Suk Yeol wins race as conservative opponent race

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won the vote to become South Korea's new president after a snap election triggered by a brief period of martial law imposed by the now-impeached former leader Yoon Suk Yeol.

His closest rival, the conservative Kim Moon-soo, conceded as Lee, of the Democratic party, was comfortably ahead on 48.523% with 70% of the vote counted in the race to lead Asia's fourth-biggest economy.