After unlocedented uproar On the past six months, South Koreans could be released for the spirit and collective sighing relief to the political focus on the next month in crisis to the economic policy ahead of the next month’s presidential election.
Economy is expected to be dominated in the campaign to the chosen new president in 3 June, after pushing Yool yeolWhose Declaration of Martial In December triggered in the south’s most serious political crisis for decades.
Asia’s fourth biggest economy – one of the great Victory Stories of recent decades – is reflux a low growth, a super-aging company, one of the World’s Lowest Birthday The Fallout of Donald Trump’s Tariff Wars.
The Yoon Debacle cast in the shadow of the campaign with kicked off this week. Prior President who was after a constitutional court Took his Finally, in the third, the third in a separate criminal trial while the older figures in conservative people control part (PP) principally in any run in the election.
After a public public infighting, part announced by the former employment Minister and Hardline Conservative Kim.Would have been. I’ll be in Lee Jae-Myung, liberal popularity part of a candidate, who leads to comfortably in the heads.
Lee who narrow Go to Yoon in 2022 after the divisive campaign, thanks to help him build after “pain disaster” three years. “I promise to reward his support with success,” he said to the crowd in Seoul.
Kim will be hoping to eject memories of Yoon’s botched suspension civilian rule and prioritize their plans for the economy amid record-high child leisure and housing and cost-of-living discrimination.
I really believe to believe you should be a president to the people, a president of the maintenance, president to the economy, “Kim reported reporters after launching its campaign for the market to the head. “I will be president of ensures people South Korea Well. “
Lee, meanwhile, is contesting criminal charges, which threatened to disagree with the class. The ongoing trials range from alleged functions to charges are usually linked by $ 1bn property development block. He is, though, a giving breathing room asking you to push back further listening to the election. Denies all of the charges.
Kim’s darkening of the underlined size of the challenge against PPP with Yoon, a conservative populist, tried to impose a military law to meet as described as’ pro-north of Korean “elements in democracy, controlled National Assembly.
YOON, who was the meeting two weeks later, succeeded by two prepositions with constitutional court considered destiny. In the trial of charges insurrection – a crime that carries life in prison and death penalty, although the south of Korea is not carried out of execution with 1997. YOON denied charges.
Kim was at the beginning of the President in the morning, only to his candidate to be removed as a senior part of the figures tried to replace him with the former Minister, Han Duck to him, whom he had better accident than the rise of the Risen Lee.
Party members voted in the effort and Kim was to be restored, including warning to infighting the hand Lee easy success.
Even PP PP Supporters said that he is afraid of the party is preparing for the election. “The PPP is a mess. They are self-destructing,” said Lee Jung-la a 52 years of the vet. “Even if they united, it is still not enough. All those who were fighting each other. I bet Lee Jae-Myung is sadness.”
If you have selected, Kim said that he demands the immediate summer with the Donald trump to act tariffs and take a hard line to the nuclear armed North Korea. I promised to create more business friendly fun to encourage private investment and increase housing help to young people and newly married couples.
Lee is in campaigned in bulletproof clothes following claims a democratic part of the legislators and received text messages reminder of constant plot. Those claimed was targeted former operatives from Covert South Korean military unit that operated with the region of the region of the authority of the governments of the 1960s to the 1980s.
Lee who was stabbed into the neck By press conference in January 2024, referred to the unusual care, true supporters, as South Korean society was “now so fractured that presidential candidate must be campaigned in bulletproof clothes.”
Lee said that boost economic growth by ai and Korean culture wave – A major driver exports and inbound tourism – and offer tax incentive to encourage couples to more children.
As the prior liberal candidates, as a vow restart dialog with North Korea, despite the government’s development nuclear arms and Military Alliance with Russia.
In the director in Korea Herald noted that Yoon’s impativity left a little time for debate and urged South Koreans to “resist the reflexes.”
The newspaper said: “Then the president own more than a broken government. I will inherit responsibility to restore the institutional confidence, re-anchor economy and navigate an even more volatile global. The task is ahead of scolding. “
When less than three weeks to the election, one poll has given Lee a lead in Kim of 43% to 29% with another set Lee in 49.5% and Kim in 38.2%