South Korea’s Lee wins big in local election, Bolivia’s domestic crisis deepens, White House goes back to tariff policy (opens in new tab)

President Lee Jae-myung is set to mark his one-year anniversary in office with an excellent showing in Wednesday’s local elections that were viewed as a referendum on his presidency. Exit polls suggest that his left-leaning Democratic Party is set to win 11 of 16 municipal leadership races, while the conservative People Power Party (PPP) will win just one. The remaining four are too close to call. It’s a remarkable turnaround from four years ago, when the PPP won the majority of those contest...