SEOUL, South Korea — Liberal Moon Jae-in has declared victory in South Korea’s presidential election after his two major rivals conceded defeat Tuesday.
The election sets up the country’s first liberal rule in a decade.
It follows months of political turmoil caused by ousted President Park Geun-hye’s corruption scandal.
The concessions by conservative Hong Joon-pyo and centrist Ahn Cheol-soo came after exit polls forecast that Moon would win.
