Meet the candidates vying to be South Korea’s next president

Meet the candidates vying to be South Korea’s next president

SEOUL, South Korea (TBEN) — An unusually bitter election season in South Korea culminates Wednesday as tens of millions of voters choose their next president.

The winner, who will be sworn in in May and serve a five-year term, will face crucial challenges as the leader of a rapidly aging nation grappling with economic inequality, growing debt and a nuclear threat. growing North Korean.

Here’s a look at the two leading candidates ahead of the vote:LEE JAE-MYUNGThe ruling Democratic Party’s hopes of producing back-to-back presidents rest on an incendiary former governor who promises a universal basic income and engagement with rival […]

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