Lee Jae-myung became the presidential candidate for South Korea’s ruling party yesterday, hoping to overcome a property scandal and gather national support.
Lee Jae-myung was set to become the presidential candidate for South Korea’s ruling party on Sunday, hoping to overcome a property scandal and gather national support while conservative opponents trade barbs over anal acupuncture and fortune tellers.
By Josh Smith and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - Lee Jae-myung was set to become the presidential candidate for South Korea s ruling party on Sunday, hoping to overcome a property scandal and gather national support while conservative opponents trade barbs over anal acupuncture and fortune tellers. Lee, the governor of Gyeonggi province, was expected to seal his victory in the primary to represent the Democratic Party primary in the March 9 presidential election. The leading contender to among a fractured field from the main conservative People Power Party, Yoon Seok-youl, has been caught up in scandals of his own - including murky ties to an anal acupuncturist and accusations he relies on fortune-tellers. It used to be at most a single candidate who had such scandals, but the top two frontrunners are both embroiled in scandals in this election, which shows South Korea is regressing politically, said Lee Jun-han, professor of political science at Incheon National University. The winners