Source: International Business Times
People Power Party had initially chosen Kim Moon-soo as its presidential candidate, but it announced Saturday his nomination was cancelled AFP South Korea's conservative party dropped its presidential candidate against his will on Saturday, beginning a process to instead nominate outsider and former prime minister Han Duck-soo less than a month before the election. The June 3 presidential poll will decide who replaces Yoon Suk Yeol, who was removed from office over his declaration of martial law in December, sending South Korea into a period of prolonged political turmoil. Yoon's People Power Party (PPP) had initially chosen Kim Moon-soo, a former labour minister who won the party's primary last week, but it announced Saturday that his nomination was cancelled.
