Lee said he would strengthen South Korea's defense capabilities and work to make the country a leader in high-tech industries, a cultural powerhouse and an exemplary democracy.

From the time he first threw his hat into the race for the presidency in 2017 up to earning the Democratic Party of Korea’s presidential nomination in a landslide primary victory on Sunday, Lee Jae-myung,

South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has tapped its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the June 3 vote