North Korea's First Report on 'Yoon Seok-yeol Election' to Foreign Media: "Elected by a Narrow Margin"

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is seen clenching his fist after delivering a closing remark at the People Power Party's presidential election campaign headquarters disbandment ceremony held at the National Assembly Library in Yeouido, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 10th. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] North Korea reported on the 11th, two days after the South's presidential election, that Yoon Seok-yeol, the candidate of the People Power Party, was elected.

The external news agency Korean Central News Agency reported on the same day, "In the 20th presidential election held in South Korea on March 9, Yoon Seok-yeol, the candidate of the conservative opposition party People Power Party, was elected president by a narrow margin."

It has not yet been confirmed whether this was published in the internal media, the Workers' Party organ newspaper Rodong Sinmun.

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