Presidential election campaigning begins in South Korea

Record ID: 645395

  • Title: Presidential election campaigning begins in South Korea
  • Date: 17th April 2017
  • Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MOON'S SUPPORTERS CHANTING POSTER OF MOON MOON SPEAKING ON STAGE THE MINJOO PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 56-YEAR-OLD SOUTH KOREAN RESIDENT, KIM JUNG-IM, SAYING: "Former President Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil disappointed the whole nation so much. I was indifferent to politics before, but now I realise that one vote is very important and I can decide to vote for a person who can really work hard for the country. I will go to the polls this time." VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREA'S OPPOSITION PEOPLE'S PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, AHN CHEOL-SOO, HOLDING OLD MAN'S HAND DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS STREET/ PEOPLE'S PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN PROGRESS VARIOUS OF AHN SPEAKING ON STAGE AHN AND PARTY MEMBERS DURING CAMPAIGN (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 25-YEAR-OLD SOUTH KOREAN RESIDENT, LEE CU-BBIN, SAYING: "The ruling Saenuri party, who had vested interests, should be judged and punished. In that sense, I think we need to change the political power." PEOPLE PASSING BY, BANNERS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON STREET MOON JAE-IN POSTER BANNERS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON STREET AHN CHEOL-SOO POSTER PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS STREET
  • Embargoed: 1st May 2017 12:08
  • Keywords: South Korea presidential election campaign Moon Jae-in Ahn Cheol-soo
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036CSDVET
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: South Korean presidential candidates kicked off their 22 days of election campaigning on Monday (April 17).
    South Korea will elect a new president on May 9 after former leader Park Geun-hye was impeached and arrested over an influence-peddling scandal that prompted hundreds of thousands of protesters into the streets for her ouster.
    A total of 15 candidates registered their candidacy for the presidential election on Sunday (April 16), according to the National Election Commission (NEC).
    Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic Party currently holds the lead in a majority of the polls, but he is closely followed by Ahn Cheoul-soo, a candidate from another opposition party, the People's Party.
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