SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean state media on Thursday reported for the first time on the outcome of South Korea's presidential election held earlier this week. Lee Jae-myung, the candidate of the Democratic Party,

After half a year of political turmoil, uncertainty and division, South Korea is voting for a new president to succeed Yoon Suk Yeol, the disgraced former leader who plunged the democratic nation into chaos by declaring martial law in December.

South Korea's voters cast their ballots in a snap presidential election sparked by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.