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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) \u2014 South Korea\u2019s ruling liberal party won a majority of races in Wednesday\u2019s local elections but lost the crucial Seoul mayoral contest in a setback to efforts to give President Lee Jae Myung<\/a> a firmer political mandate.<\/p>\n

Lee’s Democratic Party had been widely expected to claim more contests than its main rival, the conservative People Power Party which remains in disarray after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office and sentenced to life in prison<\/a> over his martial law debacle<\/a> in late 2024.<\/p>\n

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