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Millions of people in South Korea have expressed frustration at the way their country has been run by their liberal President, Moon Jae In.
They have dealt his ruling Democratic party a crushing defeat in this week’s elections and chosen conservative mayors for Seoul and South Korea’s second biggest city, Busan.
Oh Se-hoon of the People Power Party will return as Seoul’s mayor after a break of ten years, while in Busan, another candidate of the PPP’s, Park Hyung-joon, won convincingly.
In response, the leadership team of the Democratic Party is set to resign – including the prime minister – although the president himself will remain in office until his five year term finishes next spring.