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Wed, October 4, 2023 | 20:05

Ahn Cheol-soo steps aside for Yoon Suk-yeol

Ahn Cheol-soo steps aside for Yoon Suk-yeol

Minor center-right People's Party candidate Ahn Cheol-soo dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday, hours after he and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) candidate Yoon Suk-yeol agreed on a last-minute deal to field a unified candidate.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2022-03-03 16:42

Ahn pulls out of race with eye on coalition government with Yoon

Yoon leads Lee in hypothetical two-way race: polls

Yoon leads Lee in hypothetical two-way race: polls

Main opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol leads his ruling party rival Lee Jae-myung in a hypothetical two-way race, according to polls conducted before Yoon merged candidacies with Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor People's Party.

2022-03-03 13:37

Ahn backs Yoon for presidency and drops out of race

Ahn backs Yoon for presidency and drops out of race

Ahn backs Yoon for presidency and drops out of race

Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor People's Party dropped out of the presidential race Thursday and declared his support for main opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol following a surprise last-minute agreement to merge candidacies.

2022-03-03 08:57

Yoon leads Lee in hypothetical two-way race: polls

DPK's Lee lectures rival candidate on feminism

DPK's Lee lectures rival candidate on feminism

An unexpected debate on feminism erupted during a TV debate among four presidential candidates held at KBS studio in Seoul, Wednesday. The four are ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) Lee Jae-myung, the main opposition People Power Party's (PPP) Yoon Seok-yeol, the minor center-right People's Party's Ahn Cheol-soo and Justice Party candidate Sim Sang-jung. In the third a...

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2022-03-02 23:15

Ahn backs Yoon for presidency and drops out of race

Yoon, Ahn agree to merge candidacies

Rival candidates clash over cash handouts, tax increase

Presidential candidates seek to form coalitions in dead heat race

Yoon leads Lee 46.3% to 43.1%, 44.6% to 43.7%: polls

Presidential candidates seek to form coalitions in dead heat race

Presidential candidates seek to form coalitions in dead heat race

With less than a week left before the March 9 presidential election, leading presidential candidates are seeking to form a coalition with minor candidates and encourage more of their supporters to go to the polls in a bid to tip the balance in their favor. Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) hailed former Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon's decision to en...

Kang Seung-woo | 2022-03-02 17:02

Rival candidates clash over cash handouts, tax increase

DPK's Lee lectures rival candidate on feminism

Presidential candidates exchange jabs over Japan

Lee on course to merge campaigns with minor presidential candidate Kim

Yoon leads Lee 46.3% to 43.1%, 44.6% to 43.7%: polls

Ruling party adopts political reform bill seeking multiparty coalition

Ruling party adopts political reform bill seeking multiparty coalition

With the March 9 presidential election just around the corner, the liberal ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has adopted a comprehensive political reform bill aimed at better distributing power among different parties, in a bid to woo minor parties.

Jung Da-min | 2022-02-28 17:09

Rival parties slam each other over presidential candidate's Ukraine blunder

Rival parties slam each other over presidential candidate's Ukraine blunder

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) are clashing over DPK candidate Lee Jae-myung's controversial remark that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's lack of diplomatic experience incited Russia to invade. In previous presidential elections, foreign affairs have rarely been major campaign issues. However, candidates in...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2022-02-28 16:58

Presidential candidate under fire for attacking Ukraine's President

Presidential candidate apologizes for remarks on Ukraine's leader

Huh Kyung-young calls current election law 'unconstitutional'

Huh Kyung-young calls current election law 'unconstitutional'

Minor presidential candidate Huh Kyung-young filed a petition to a court on Feb. 28, asserting that Korea's current election law is unconstitutional and that TV debates that invite just the leading presidential candidates and exclude the minor ones need to be banned.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2022-02-28 16:44

Presidential race enters final stretch with no overwhelming frontrunner

Presidential race enters final stretch with no overwhelming frontrunner

The presidential race has entered its final stretch with none of the candidates taking an overwhelming lead. A single opposition candidacy deal between main opposition People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo fell through Sunday, but Yoon said he is willing to meet Ahn and will continue to wait for h...

Jung Da-min | 2022-02-27 16:49

Presidential candidate apologizes for remarks on Ukraine's leader

Presidential candidate apologizes for remarks on Ukraine's leader

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), has apologized for his remarks about Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a TV debate Friday regarding the cause of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which drew a backlash both here and abroad.

Kang Seung-woo | 2022-02-27 15:28

Rival parties slam each other over presidential candidate's Ukraine blunder

Presidential candidates clash over lessons of Ukraine attack

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