Lee currently holds a sizable lead in opinion polling. A Gallup poll reportedly showed that 49% of respondents were in favor of Lee becoming president.

This election seems more crucial since the Korea has been teetering between temporary leaders for months while navigating Yoon’s impeachment trial and a multifaceted probe into the disastrous night of

It is still recovering from the martial law crisis last December, when the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, tried to orchestrate a military takeover. He failed, because of resistance from the public and politicians, and was impeached, triggering this snap election to choose his successor.

When his conservative South Korean party bowed to show remorse for ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol's disastrous martial law decree, Kim Moon-soo sat alone and resolute in symbolic non-apology.

South Koreans go to the polls on June 3, capping months of political turmoil triggered by ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s ill-fated effort to suspend civilian rule in December

A NEW Gallup poll indicates that South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is the clear frontrunner to become the country's next president, with less than a week to go until the elections.

A Gallup poll released on Tuesday indicates South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is the clear frontrunner to become the country's next