ANALYSIS: Was South Korea's President thwarted by a spring onion?

President Yoon Suk Yeol and his party have suffered a crushing defeat. I look at what's behind it and what it means going forward - for him and South Korea.

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The best part of South Korean election night: the graphics.

The opposition party has secured a landslide victory in South Korea's parliamentary election.

It has secured 175 seats to the ruling party's 108 - with all votes now counted.

This is a crushing defeat for the President Yoon Suk Yeol and his government.

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If these exit polls turn out to be accurate this will be a terrible defeat for President Yoon’s Conservative PPP Party and have big implications for his remaining 3 years in office.

🧵 ELECTION DAY IS HERE: The results are likely to come out Thursday morning.

Here are a few things to keep an eye on in terms of the election result's impact on South Korean society and politics, and things to remember as we look back tomorrow.
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South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has been on the warpath against the media since taking office, which I wrote about in my latest: latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Video shows a man in a police uniform in the UK questioning a S. Korean YouTuber about his visa status & travel route while he was filming himself eating a burger.

The video sparked angry comments on YouTube, sparking debate about racial profiling.

Sign of the (world-record low fertility rate) times in Seoul: 30% discount for pregnant women customers at this restaurant, for “bearing the future of Korea”

To find out more about our trip to the village inside the DMZ - and what it's like to report on North and South Korea - watch our Behind the Stories film on BBC iPlayer.

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If you're outside the UK you can watch our documentary - Living Between Enemy Lines - here:
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The village of Taesung is one of the most unique places in the world and we were very fortunate to be able to spend so much time there capturing its specialness.

We have secured rare access to a tiny village in the heart of Korea’s Demilitarised Zone.

The village of Taesung lies mere metres from North Korea.

It is supposed to serve as a symbol of peace, but how long can it survive? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-685053…

WATCH: Living Between Enemy Lines - now on BBC iPlayer - filmed and edited by Hosu Lee

What's it like to live in the heart of the Demilitarised Zone - the DMZ - mere metres from North Korea?

Watch our documentary - Living Between Enemy Lines - on BBC iPlayer.

Viewers outside the UK can watch here:
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