The newly sworn-in president of South Korea quipped that the presidential office left behind by ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol felt like a “graveyard” on his first day of office, with not even a pencil left behind.

South Korea’s presidential election result was never really in doubt. The real question is which version of Lee Jae-myung will now govern the highly polarized nation of 50 million.

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