South Korea's conservatives have staged unlikely comebacks before. Yoon is the second conservative president in a row to be removed from office, after Park Geun-hye was impeached and jailed in a corruption scandal in 2017.

A woman comes out of a booth to cast her early vote in a polling station for the presidential election in South Korea. Third time’s the charm for Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung, now South Korea’s 14th president.

South Koreas conservative bloc is in turmoil following a devastating defeat in the snap presidential election, which saw Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung win with 49.42% of the vote. The loss follows former