South Korea’s liberal frontrunner for president, Lee Jae-myung is leading his conservative opponent,Kim Moon-soo by more than 10 percentage points in an opinion poll issued this Tuesday.
The country will hold its election on June 3 to pick a successor to replace ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol, whose martial law imposition heightened political disputes and sparked massive nationwide protests.
Yoon was ousted on April 4 by the Constitutional Court after he was impeached and is on trial on insurrection charges,and also accused of trying to arrest Lee and others who repeatedly clashed with him while in office.
The Democratic Party candidate Lee, who has advocated using fiscal policy to support the economy and bringing to justice anyone involved in Yoon’s attempt to declare martial law in December, has 49% public support against Kim of the People Power Party with 35%.