With less than three months until South Korea’s presidential election, candidates of both major parties are competing over their prospects as the country’s next president. However, family scandals and controversies appear to have dominated the debate instead of policy discussion and plans for the future.
The 2022 South Korean presidential election will be held on March 9, as President Moon Jae-in’s single five-year term ends that month. And it appears to be a duel between Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and Yoon Seok-youl of the main opposition conservative People Power Party (PPP) as third-party candidates not having nearly enough support to clinch the top role.
