He previously served as governor of South Korea’s most populous Gyeonggi province and mayor of Seongnam city, near Seoul
Supporters of Lee Jae-myung gather near a World War II-era C-47 aircraft on display, for a campaign event in Seoul yesterday. PIC/AFP
South Korea is set to elect a new president today, to succeed conservative Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted over his brief imposition of martial law. Lee Jae-myung, 60, of the Democratic Party was the driving force behind the campaign to oust Yoon after his December 3 decree. This is Lee’s third run for the presidency. He previously served as governor of South Korea’s most populous Gyeonggi province and mayor of Seongnam city, near Seoul.
Kim Moon Soo, 73, a hardline conservative who served as Yoon’s labour minister, suddenly emerged as a potential standard-bearer of the embattled South Korean conservatives after he solely defied a request by a Democratic Party lawmaker for all Cabinet members to stand and bow at the assembly in a gesture of apology over Yoon’s decree.
He served as Gyeonggi province governor for eight years and a member of the National Assembly for three terms. His political career suffered major setbacks when he lost parliamentary and Seoul mayoral elections to the liberals. He was named labour minister in 2024.
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