By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung , who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician vowing to fight inequality and corruption, was elected president Wednesday in an election that closed one of the most turbulent chapters in the nation’s young democracy.

Lee, 60, the candidate of the liberal opposition Democratic Party, is to take office later Wednesday for a full, single five-year term, succeeding Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative who was felled over his stunning yet brief imposition of martial law in December.

It was unclear whether Lee’s election would cause any major, immediate shift in South Korea’s foreign policy. Lee, previously accused by critics of tilting toward China and North Korea and away from th

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