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South Korea’s social-liberal opposition camp has a clear lead in the country’s parliamentary elections, an initial forecast suggests. The socially liberal Democratic Party (DP) of opposition leader Lee Jae Myung looks set to maintain its position as the strongest single party in the 300-seat National Assembly. Together with its smaller sister party, the Democratic Alliance of Korea, the DP is projected to have won 178 to 196 seats, South Korean broadcaster KBS reported on Wednesday. That would put the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) of conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol and its affiliated …

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