S Korea president elect Yoon Suk-Yeol harnessed voter discontent: Analysis

South Korea's new president-elect harnessed widespread public discontent to win Wednesday's election but the same volatile forces that brought him to power may complicate his efforts to enact reforms

South Korea's new president-elect harnessed widespread public discontent and disillusionment to win Wednesday's election but the same volatile forces that brought him to power may complicate his efforts to enact reforms, analysts said.
 

Conservative People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, a former prosecutor-general who had never run for office before, won in the closest election in decades after a bruising campaign marred by scandals and gaffes.
 

The close result, the fact the rival Democratic Party will still control the one-house National Assembly, and his vow to investigate the outgoing administration means Yoon will be hard-pressed to move beyond policy failures