{"id":122,"date":"2025-06-02T17:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s4q7jq2n.top\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/lee-jae\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T17:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:35:14","slug":"lee-jae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/lee-jae\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Jae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After losing by a razor-thin margin in 2022, the Democratic Party candidate has returned to the ballot, and is now poised to replace the political rival he was instrumental in unseating.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents decry Lee, 60, for his populist style.<\/p>\n<p>But his rags-to-riches personal story sets him apart from many of South Korea&#8217;s political elite.<\/p>\n<p>After dropping out of school to work at a factory to support his family, he suffered a disabling elbow injury in an industrial accident.<\/p>\n<p>He earned a scholarship to study law and passed the bar to become an attorney. <\/p>\n<p>Lee has used this origin story to cultivate a loyal support base and frame himself as understanding the struggles of the underprivileged.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can worry about people outside shivering in the cold while you sit in your warm living room,&#8221; Lee told AFP in a 2022 interview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But you can never really understand their pain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Polls suggest the margin between Lee and his closest challenger, conservative Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party, narrowed in recent days, with some showing a single-digit margin.<\/p>\n<p>But Lee has consistently maintained his lead since the race was triggered by the impeachment of former president Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief declaration of martial law in December.<\/p>\n<p>Live-streaming a crisis<\/p>\n<p>South Korea has experienced a leadership vacuum since lawmakers suspended Yoon for deploying armed troops to parliament in his failed attempt to suspend civilian rule.<\/p>\n<p>During the tense minutes following that move, Lee live-streamed his frantic scramble over the perimeter fence as he and other lawmakers rushed to vote down the martial law decree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seoul (AFP) \u2013 <\/span>                    Lawsuits, scandals, armed troops and a knife-wielding attacker all failed to deter Lee Jae-myung&#8217;s ascendancy from sweatshop worker to the cusp of South Korea&#8217;s presidency.                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<div class=\"t-content__metadata\">\n<div class=\"t-content__dates\">\n<p class=\"m-pub-dates\"><span class=\"m-pub-dates__date\">Issued on: 02\/06\/2025 &#8211; 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