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Rival parties slam each other over presidential candidate's Ukraine blunder

Main opposition People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol gestures during a public speech in Donghae, Gangwon Province, Monday. Joint Press CorpsForeign policy emerging as hot campaign issue after DPK candidate's inappropriate remarks on Ukraine president By Nam Hyun-wooThe ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) are clashing over DPK candidate Lee Jae-myung's controversial remark that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's lack of diplomatic experience incited Russia to invade.In previous presidential elections, foreign affairs have rarely been major campaign issues. However, candidates in this election slated for March 9 have been exchanging salvos over each other's stance on foreign policy issues such as Russia's attack on Ukraine and Japan's Self-Defense Forces about its possible role in contingency. Lee made the remarks during a televised debate on Friday in which he described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “a novice politician” and said that Zelenskyy is responsible for the armed clash as h

Feb 28, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Rival parties slam each other over presidential candidate's Ukraine blunder
  • Presidential candidate apologizes for remarks on Ukraine's leader
  • Presidential candidate under fire for attacking Ukraine's President

Huh Kyung-young calls current election law 'unconstitutional'

Presidential candidate Huh Kyung-young of the National Revolutionary Party speaks in front of the National Assembly, Feb. 15, when the country's official presidential election campaign period began. Newsis By Ko Dong-hwanMinor presidential candidate Huh Kyung-young filed a petition to a court on Feb. 28, asserting that Korea's current election law is unconstitutional and that TV debates that invite just the leading presidential candidates and exclude the minor ones need to be banned. The founder and president of the National Revolutionary Party filed the petition against TV broadcasters MBC, KBS and SBS, JTBC, Channel A, TV Chosun, Yonhap News, YTN and OBS, as well as the National Election Broadcasting Debate Commission. Ahead of the country's presidential election on March 9, various broadcasters have aired four presidential debates this month at 8 p.m. featuring Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party, Sim Sang-jung of the minor progressive Justice Party and Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor opposition People's Party.

Feb 28, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
Huh Kyung-young calls current election law 'unconstitutional'

Presidential race enters final stretch with no overwhelming frontrunner

Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition conservative People Power Party, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Seoul's Yeouido, Sunday, to make a final proposal for fielding a unified candidate to candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor opposition conservative People's Party. Joint Press CorpsYoon says still willing to meet Ahn for single opposition candidacyBy Jung Da-min The presidential race has entered its final stretch with none of the candidates taking an overwhelming lead.A single opposition candidacy deal between main opposition People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo fell through Sunday, but Yoon said he is willing to meet Ahn and will continue to wait for his response to achieve a change of government.The rupture in the candidacy merger deal came as the two leading candidates, Lee Jae-myung of the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and Yoon of the PPP, are still in a neck-and-neck race in many opinion polls, with  just 10 days left ahead of

Feb 27, 2022
Presidential race enters final stretch with no overwhelming frontrunner
  • US-China rivalry pits presidential candidates against each other
  • Yoon says Ahn rejected candidacy merger deal

Presidential candidate apologizes for remarks on Ukraine's leader

By Kang Seung-wooLee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), has made an apology for his remarks about Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a TV debate Friday regarding the cause of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which drew a backlash both here and abroad. Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, participates in a TV debate on SBS in Seoul, Friday. Yonhap“Unlike my intentions, if my words caused misunderstanding to Ukrainians, I lacked the ability to express myself well,” Lee wrote on Facebook, Saturday, adding that his remarks were mainly aimed at pointing out the ill-founded diplomatic and security views of his main rival Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party rather than disparaging the Ukrainian president.During the TV debate held, Friday, Lee said a novice politician with six months of political experience had become the country's leader and caused a major clash by inciting Russia with a hasty promise regarding Ukraine's admission into NATO. “This is an example of a dip

Feb 27, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
Presidential candidate apologizes for remarks on Ukraine's leader
  • Presidential candidates clash over lessons of Ukraine attack
  • Rival parties slam each other over presidential candidate's Ukraine blunder

Yoon says Ahn rejected candidacy merger deal

Presidential candidates Yoon Suk-yeol, left, of the main opposition People Power Party and Ahn Cheol-soo of the opposition People's Party before a televised presidential debate for the forthcoming March 9 presidential election, in Seoul, Feb. 25. AP-YonhapMain opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol said Sunday his campaign came close to a deal on merging candidacies with Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor People's Party in overnight talks, but Ahn ultimately rejected the deal for unclear reasons.Despite the rejection, Yoon of the People Power Party said he will continue to await Ahn's response to his calls for fielding a unified opposition candidate in the March 9 presidential election in order to meet people's yearning for a change of government."I will not give up hope for opposition unification," Yoon told a press conference.According to Yoon, top representatives of the two campaigns held talks on unifying candidacies Saturday afternoon and even reached a tentative agreement. However, Ahn did not endorse the deal, saying he needs more justification to drop out of the race. The tw

Feb 27, 2022
Yoon says Ahn rejected candidacy merger deal
  • Presidential race enters final stretch with no overwhelming frontrunner

US-China rivalry pits presidential candidates against each other

GettyimagesbankThis article is the fifth in a series about the 2022 presidential election candidates' campaign pledges. In this article, their pledges for Korea-US relations are examined and compared. ―EDLee calls for immediate OPCON transfer; Yoon says wait until South Korea is readyBy Nam Hyun-wooRuling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung labels himself as a pragmatist in foreign policy. He says South Korea has no good reason to push itself to choose between the United States or China, noting they are both important for the country as a security guarantor and the nation's No. 1 trading partner, respectively.Based on this belief, Lee has yet to show a clear stance regarding questions such as what his choice will be, if elected, in case the nation is forced to choose between the United States and China _ just as when South Korea faced mounting pressure from both countries' opposing calls over the deployment of a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery years ago.Meanwhile, his rival Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main

Feb 27, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
US-China rivalry pits presidential candidates against each other
  • Presidential race enters final stretch with no overwhelming frontrunner

Presidential candidates clash over lessons of Ukraine attack

Candidates running for the March 9 presidential election pose before their fourth TV debate at broadcaster SBS' studio in Sangam-dong, Seoul, Friday. From left are Justice Party presidential candidate Sim Sang-jung, People's Party candidate Ahn Cheol-soo, People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and Democratic Party of Korea candidate Lee Jae-myung. Joint Press corpsBy Nam Hyun-wooRival presidential candidates of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) clashed over their differing views of the lessons of Russia's attack on Ukraine during their TV debate, Friday. The DPK's Lee Jae-myung stressed a leader's diplomatic capability, while the PPP's Yoon Suk-yeol highlighted military deterrence to facilitate peace on the Korean Peninsula. “A novice politician who only has six months of political experience became the country's leader and caused a major clash by inciting Russia with a hasty promise of Ukraine's NATO admission,” Lee said of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was an actor and comedian before he was el

Feb 25, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Presidential candidates clash over lessons of Ukraine attack
  • Presidential candidate apologizes for remarks on Ukraine's leader

INTERVIEW Minor presidential candidate reveals wildest dreams

Huh Kyung-young speaks during an interview with a YouTube media outlet at the National Revolutionary Party's headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, Feb. 23. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk If elected, Huh Kyung-young vows to appoint top four candidates as honorary vice presidents, reshuffle National Assembly By Ko Dong-hwanHuh Kyung-young, candidate No. 6 in the March 9 presidential election in Korea, is determined to shake up the current presidential cabinet and the National Assembly ― whether or not it will actually work out. Displeased with the top four presidential candidates from the major parties, Huh, founder and president of the National Revolutionary Party, criticized all of them for different reasons during his interview with The Korea Times. However, it was unclear whether he was unhappy with them because he believes they all fall short of his expectations, or because he is jealous and dissatisfied with his ratings in public opinion surveys that have sagged be

Feb 25, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
[INTERVIEW] Minor presidential candidate reveals wildest dreams

Ukraine crisis pushes national security to fore of presidential campaign

A TV screen at the Seoul Railway Station shows presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, left, and his rival Yoon Suk-yeol during a presidential debate, Feb. 21. AP-Yonhap Russia's invasion of Ukraine has propelled national security issues to the fore of South Korea's presidential campaign as the two front-runners have seized on the crisis to highlight their own visions for defending the country and peace.The competing claims from the leading presidential candidates came as the Ukraine crisis has underscored the security challenges South Korea faces against a provocative and nuclear-armed North Korea across its border.Ruling party candidate Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea framed the issue Thursday as a choice between peace and war and pointed to falling South Korean stock prices as an example of how war will impact the economy."What a leader must do at all costs is defend the peace," he said during an emerge

Feb 25, 2022
Ukraine crisis pushes national security to fore of presidential campaign
  • Korea pledges to join sanctions against Russia
  • Korean Embassy in Ukraine urges remaining citizens to prepare for emergency
  • Moon calls for preemptive measures to minimize impact from Russia's invasion of Ukraine
  • Korea preparing to evacuate 36 nationals from Ukraine this week: FM

Presidential race neck and neck once again

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, bows deeply to voters during a campaign stop in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, Thursday. YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooThe presidential race has once again entered a period of uncertainty with less than two weeks left before the March 9 election, as the latest polls have found that the two leading candidates are still locked in a hard-fought contest. Political watchers believe the results, which show downticks in approval ratings for Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), are the fallout from the breakdown of a campaign merger proposed by Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor opposition People's Party. According to a survey by Embrain Public, Kstat Research, Korea Research and Hankook Research, Yoon with 39 percent led Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) at 37 percent within the margin of error, but Yoon had lost 1 percentage point from the previous survey, while Lee gained 6 percentage points. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 points at a 95 perc

Feb 24, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
Presidential race neck and neck once again
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