South Korea’s Former Prosecutor-General Announces Candidacy for President

South Korea’s Former Prosecutor-General Announces Candidacy for President
Former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-youl speaks during a press conference to declare his bid for South Korea's 2022 presidential election, at a memorial of independence activist Yun Bong-gil in Seoul on June 29, 2021. Kim Min-hee/AFP via Getty Images
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Yoon Seok-youl, South Korea’s former attorney-general, recently announced his candidacy for president. He strongly denounced the Moon Jae-in regime as “unjust” and stressed the need for “regime change.”

South Korea’s general election is about to kick off. On June 29, Yoon formally announced his challenge for the presidency. At a news conference that day, Yoon spent about half his time denouncing the malpractices of the current regime, saying they are too numerous to list them all and stressing the need for regime change.

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