South Korea Chooses a New President

With outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in limited to a single term by the country’s constitution, voters will elect a new president on Wednesday, March 9. The race has been closely fought between Lee Jae-myung, the candidate from Moon’s progressive Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), and Yoon Suk-yeol, the conservative People Power Party’s (PPP) nominee, with polls unable to identify who truly has the leading edge. Fewer than two years after the DPK won a landslide victory in National Assembly elections, this presidential race has signaled the return of more energetic party competition and will have significant economic, social, political, and diplomatic implications for a major U.S. ally.

Please join the Center for American Progress the day after the election for a discussion of what the results mean for South Korea, its people, and the country's relationship with its neighbors and the United States.

Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 10:00 a.m. (U.S./Eastern)