K-pop campaigning: S Korean candidates embrace song to pull in votes


Democratic Party campaign choreographer Kim Mi-ran (second from left) dances with her team during a rally for lawmaker Nam In-soon (not pictured), running for her fourth term in office in Seoul's outer Songpa district, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. - AFP

SEOUL: Thanks to quirks of South Korean election law and history, almost every candidate on the campaign trail has a theme song, a dance routine, and politically-tweaked lyrics to make their message hit home.

From K-pop chart toppers to "Baby Shark", still the world's most-watched song on YouTube, seemingly no music is safe from a South Korean political makeover.

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