Yesterday, Lee Myung-bak won an election and became the President of South Korea. His political party, that is, his group of voters, named the Grand National Party, won 48.6% of the votes, said the National Election Commission, a group that organizes the elections. He will begin to work as president on Feburary 25, 2008. Roh Moo-hyun, the President of South Korea in this moment, did not participate in the election because presidents in South Korea can only work as presidents for five years.