Presidential election campaigning begins in South Korea

Record ID: 645396

  • Title: Presidential election campaigning begins in South Korea
  • Date: 17th April 2017
  • Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MOON BOWING
  • 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: LVA0026CSDVET
  • 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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