AP PHOTOS: South Korea votes for a new president

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AP PHOTOS: South Korea votes for a new president

2025-06-04 00:34 Last Updated At：00:41

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans are choosing a new president Tuesday to succeed the conservative who was ousted for imposing martial law briefly last year.

Because the election was held early due to Yoon Suk Yeol's removal, the winner will take office Wednesday without the typical two-month transition. Surveys before the election indicated liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is likely to win easily as voters remain frustrated over the martial law debacle and the main conservative candidate, Kim Moon Soo, struggles with moderates.

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South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, celebrate outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, center, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, right, greet supporters and residents as they leave from a home in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Choi Jae-gu/Yonhap via AP)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea,Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials work to sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea,Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Lawmakers of the People Power Party watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Song Kyung Seok/Pool via AP)

A man casts his vote with a baby for presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of South Korea Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung react as they watch monitors broadcasting the results of exit polls for a presidential election outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool via AP)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman exits a polling booth to cast her ballot for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol casts his vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

A man casts his vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and former first lady Kim Keon-Hee arrive to cast their votes for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Shin Hyun-woo/Yonhap via AP)

A woman casts her vote for presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

People wait in line to cast their votes for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman casts her vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, celebrate outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, center, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, right, greet supporters and residents as they leave from a home in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Choi Jae-gu/Yonhap via AP)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea,Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials work to sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea,Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Lawmakers of the People Power Party watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Song Kyung Seok/Pool via AP)

A man casts his vote with a baby for presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of South Korea Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung react as they watch monitors broadcasting the results of exit polls for a presidential election outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool via AP)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman exits a polling booth to cast her ballot for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol casts his vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

A man casts his vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and former first lady Kim Keon-Hee arrive to cast their votes for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Shin Hyun-woo/Yonhap via AP)

A woman casts her vote for presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

People wait in line to cast their votes for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman casts her vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Minnesota braces for what's next amid immigration arrests and in the wake of Renee Good shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration officer, Minnesota's Twin Cities on Sunday braced for what many expect will be a new normal over the next few weeks as the Department of Homeland Security carries out what it called its largest enforcement operation ever.

In one Minneapolis neighborhood filled with single-family homes, protesters confronted federal agents and attempted to disrupt their operations by blowing car horns and whistles and banging on drums.

There was some pushing and several people were hit with chemical spray just before agents banged down the door of one home on Sunday. They later took one person away in handcuffs.

“We’re seeing a lot of immigration enforcement across Minneapolis and across the state, federal agents just swarming around our neighborhoods,” said Jason Chavez, a Minneapolis city councilmember. “They’ve definitely been out here.”

Chavez, the son of Mexican immigrants who represents an area with a growing immigrant population, said he is closely monitoring and gathering information from chat groups about where residents are seeing agents operating.

While the enforcement activity continues, two of the state’s leading Democrats said on Sunday that the investigation into shooting death of Renee Good shouldn’t be overseen solely by the federal government.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith both said in separate interviews Sunday that state authorities should be included in the investigation because the federal government has already made clear what it believes happened.

“How can we trust the federal government to do an objective, unbiassed investigation, without prejudice, when at the beginning of that investigation they have already announced exactly what they saw — what they think happened," Smith said on ABC’s "This Week."

The Trump administration has defended the officer who shot Good in her car, saying he was protecting himself and fellow agents and that Good had “weaponized” her vehicle.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem dismissed complaints from Minnesota officials about local agencies being denied any participation in the investigation during an interview with CNN.

“We do work with locals when they work with us,” she said, criticizing the Minneapolis mayor and others for not assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

Frey and Noem each pointed fingers at the other for their rhetoric after Good's killing, and each pushed their own firm conclusions about what video of the incident shows. The mayor stood by his assertions that videos show “a federal agent recklessly abusing power that ended up in somebody’s dying.”

“Let’s have the investigation in the hands of someone that isn’t biased," Frey said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

The killing of Good on Wednesday by an ICE officer and the shooting of two people by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, led to dozens of protests across the country over the weekend.

Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis on Saturday where Homeland Security called its deployment of immigration officers in the Twin Cities its biggest ever immigration enforcement operation.

Associated Press journalists Thomas Strong in Washington, Bill Barrow in Atlanta, and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed.

AP PHOTOS: South Korea votes for a new president

AP PHOTOS: South Korea votes for a new president

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, celebrate outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, center, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, right, greet supporters and residents as they leave from a home in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Choi Jae-gu/Yonhap via AP)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea,Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials work to sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea,Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Lawmakers of the People Power Party watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Song Kyung Seok/Pool via AP)

A man casts his vote with a baby for presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of South Korea Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung react as they watch monitors broadcasting the results of exit polls for a presidential election outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool via AP)

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool via AP)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman exits a polling booth to cast her ballot for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol casts his vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

A man casts his vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and former first lady Kim Keon-Hee arrive to cast their votes for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Shin Hyun-woo/Yonhap via AP)

A woman casts her vote for presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

People wait in line to cast their votes for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman casts her vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, celebrate outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, center, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, right, greet supporters and residents as they leave from a home in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Choi Jae-gu/Yonhap via AP)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea,Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials work to sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea,Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

National Election Commission officials sort out ballots for counting at the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Lawmakers of the People Power Party watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Song Kyung Seok/Pool via AP)

A man casts his vote with a baby for presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Supporters of South Korea Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung react as they watch monitors broadcasting the results of exit polls for a presidential election outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool via AP)

Members of the Democratic Party of Korea watch television coverage of the exit polls for the presidential election at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday June 3, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool via AP)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Supporters of South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, react outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman exits a polling booth to cast her ballot for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol casts his vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Korea Pool/Yonhap via AP)

A man casts his vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and former first lady Kim Keon-Hee arrive to cast their votes for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Shin Hyun-woo/Yonhap via AP)

A woman casts her vote for presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

People wait in line to cast their votes for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A woman casts her vote for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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