New South Korea President Lee Jae-myung pledges unity | East Asia Tonight (Jun 4)

CNA June 4, 2025
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An end to six months of political turmoil in South Korea, as the Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung wins the presidential election with 49.42% of the vote. Also on East Asia Tonight: US President Donald Trump expresses frustration at negotiating with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, while the fertility rate in Japan reaches another historic low in 2024. 00:00 Headlines 03:21 Who is Lee Jae-myung, South Korea's newly elected president? 12:18 Trump says China's Xi is 'extremely hard to make a deal with' 35:42 Japan's total fertility rate declines for ninth straight year to hit 1.2 44:05 How humanoid robots could soon be in our homes

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