Other evangelicals, like 70-year-old Gil Min-hwa, voted for Kim because she wants to see North and South Korea reunified. In her view, Kim values the alliance between South Korea and the US, which would help encourage a reunification that is “led by the South and grounded in democratic principles.”

South Korea’s ruling People Power Party floor leader Kweon Seong-dong sits during the impeachment vote of a plenary session for South Korean acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the National Assembly in Seoul,

North Korean state media on Thursday reported for the first time on the outcome of South Korea's presidential election held earlier this week.