South Korea's conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate


Kim Moon-soo was a labour activist in his university days but later turned hardline conservative. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

SEOUL, May 3 (Reuters): South Korea's conservative People Power Party on Saturday picked former labour minister Kim Moon-soo as its candidate for the June 3 presidential election, which was called after the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law.

Kim will face liberal Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung, who has led each of the declared conservative candidates by large double-digit margins in polls.

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