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Can South Korea's new president unify an unhappy country?

Can South Korea's new president unify an unhappy country?

Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · Declan Conlon

June 5, 202524m 23s

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Show Notes

With the election of Lee Jae-myung as president of South Korea, a period of political turmoil there may be over - for now at least. But Lee, leader of the centre-left Democratic Party, faces many challenges, including a political system in disarray, the threat of tariffs and a looming demographic disaster. Denis Staunton reports.

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