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Jong Eun Lee, Assistant Professor, North Greenville University

3 things to watch as South Koreans head toward the polls following turbulent political period

South Koreans weigh their options at the end of a momentous election season. Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

On June 3, 2025, South Koreans will head to the polls to vote for a new president.

The election caps a particularly turbulent several months in the country’s politics that began with right-wing President Yoon Suk Yeol declaration of martial law last December. The opposition-controlled National Assembly swiftly moved to rescind Yoon’s order and then impeached him just a week later.

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