After another dramatic reconciliation with People Power Party Chairman Lee Jun-seok, Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition party, took the subway to work Friday, and took another step to recovering ties with the party leader. The party chairman welcomed Yoon’s move, saying it signals “the start” for a big change. Lee had said he recommended a number of electioneering a...

Presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor opposition People’s Party said Thursday he “can meet” with Yoon Suk-yeol, the nominee from the main opposition if Yoon made the request, showing a slight change in stance on uniting candidacies to win at the March presidential polls. When asked if he would meet with Yoon of the People Power Party to talk about uniting forces in a televised interv...

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung is leading his main opposition rival Yoon Suk-yeol by 10 percentage points with the election just two months away, a survey showed Friday. Lee of the ruling Democratic Party garnered 36 percent, while Yoon of the main opposition People Power Party gained 26 percent, showed the Gallup Korea survey of 1,002 adults conducted Tuesday and Thursday. A...

Presidential candidate vowed to start over, launching new campaign team -- but party chairman is not onboard.

Both men struggle with negative public images, but there is little chance of changing nominees now

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung has generated an enthusiastic public response after his campaign proposed adding hair loss to ailments covered by national health insurance. Democratic Party Rep. Choi Jong-yoon unveiled the idea on Facebook on Tuesday, saying Lee is looking into it as a campaign pledge to deal with the reality that "one in five" South Koreans suffer from hair lo...

Main opposition presidential candidate cuts ties with Kim Chong-in, vows to start over

Young voters abandon ship, increasingly disfavor main opposition candidate

Yoon Suk-yeol loses young voters as Ahn Cheol-soo rises as new variable

Minor opposition candidate Ahn proposes expanding basic living subsidies for low-income families by abolishing ‘obligatory provider policy’

Kim Chong-in’s meeting with Lee Jun-seok fails to yield result

Ruling party nominee speaks for greater role of Seoul in peninsula defense

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung unveiled a set of campaign pledges on welfare on Wednesday, promising to improve the quality of life for South Koreans to the 15th best among the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Under the pledges, the Democratic Party nominee said he will increase the coverage age of child allowance to 15 and re...

Lee and Yoon’s battles against controversies increases Ahn’s value

Yoon not convinced by Lee‘s calls for more debates