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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          they love action movies of westerners, were asian so my parents love these movies, they always see white as legitimiate.rich or superior. its no wonder beast/paul bros are big there too.

          why do you think ROCK and JOHN xina has been catering to china.

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            Strange. So they have a positively skewed view from our celebrities? Really surprising that they would like the Pauls, if only because of how disrespectful they were on their little… tourist trips. I’m an American, I have a strong dislike for most celebrities, especially the Royal Family/Kardashian type. Thanks, interesting answer.

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      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.