South Korea’s Presidential Hopefuls Make Final Push Before Election Day

The competing candidates to replace Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted after a failed attempt to impose martial law, have been making their final pitches.

Lee Jae-myung (C), the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, takes a selfie with a supporter outside a polling station after casting his early vote in Seoul on May 29, 2025. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images

Two candidates, Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo, who are hoping to become South Korea’s next president, are making their final pitches to voters ahead of the June 3 election.

On June 2, they crisscrossed the country with varying promises to revive the economy and steer the Far Eastern nation out of months of political turmoil sparked by a failed attempt to impose martial law.