South Korea's People Power Party's presidential election candidate Kim Moon Soo, left, and independent presidential election candidate Han Duck-soo, right, talk upon their arrival to attend a service to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
SEOUL: As the clock ticks down to May 11 when candidates will have to register for South Korea’s snap presidential election, the ruling People Power Party (PPP) is still mired in infighting over who would be its final nominee.
Despite emerging the victorious PPP candidate on May 3 after three rounds of party primaries, former labour minister Kim Moon-soo, 74, finds himself locked in dispute with the party leadership that is pressurising him to pursue a “unified candidacy” instead with former prime minister Han Duck-soo, who resigned to declare his presidential bid on May 1.
