EXPLAINER Why is conservative party going on hunger strike?
The conservative People Power Party (PPP) is in strife over picking their candidate for the snap presidential election in June, with some members going as far as staging a hunger strike. The PPP elected labor activist-turned-conservative Kim Moon-soo as their candidate already on Saturday in a second preliminary round, but the party has been explicit in its intent to have another contender run in the presidential race. The other contender is none other than Han Duck-soo, who served as prime minister in the administration of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. After Yoon was ousted following his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, Han served as acting president until he resigned last week to run in the presidential election. The ruling party's task is to find a contender who has a chance of beating the liberal Democratic Party of Korea's candidate Lee Jae-myung, who has led the polls by a wide margin. Lee is leading, boosted somewhat by the previous president's disastrous martial law decision, which has prompted even conservatives to feel inclined to vote for a figure of the opposition party. Th
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