Seoul: Presidential candidates launched their official campaigns for the June 3 election, focusing on promises to revive South Korea's sluggish economy and unify its polarized society.
According to Bahrain News Agency, voters will soon head to the polls to elect a successor to former President Yoon Suk Yeol. The election is shaping up to be a three-way contest among the Democratic Party's candidate Lee, the People Power Party's candidate Kim, and Lee Jun-seok from the minor New Reform Party. Lee Jun-seok, a Harvard University graduate and former leader of the People Power Party, has dismissed any possibility of merging his campaign with Kim's.