South Korea's Main Opposition Party Chooses Presidential Candidate

South Korea's Main Opposition Party Chooses Presidential Candidate | INFBusiness.com

South Korea's main liberal opposition party has nominated its former leader Lee Jae-myung as its presidential candidate in the upcoming election.

The Democratic Party said Mr Lee won nearly 90% of the votes cast in the party's primary, which ended on Sunday, defeating two rivals.

Elections on June 3 are set to replace recently ousted conservative President Yoon Seok-yeol.

Mr Lee lost the 2022 election to Mr Yoon by the narrowest margin recorded in the country's presidential elections.

South Korea's Constitutional Court unanimously removed Mr. Yoon from office earlier this month, ending his turbulent presidency and calling new elections, four months after he plunged the country into chaos with an ill-fated declaration of martial law.

Sourse: breakingnews.ie

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