Presidential candidates kick off campaigns


Backing their man: Lee supporters posing for photographs during an election campaign rally in Seoul. — Reuters

CONTENDERS for the country’s presidency kicked off their campaigns, vowing to unify a deeply polarised society and spur economic growth while navigating trade negotiations with the United States.

Asia’s fourth-largest economy will hold a snap presidential election on June 3 to choose Yoon Suk-yeol’s successor after the conservative leader was ousted over his shock martial law order that plunged the country into a political crisis.

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