South Korea: leading candidate for the next president by region 2025

South Korea: leading candidate for the next president by region 2025

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in May 2025, about **** percent of respondents living in Gwangju or Jeolla Province considered Lee Jae-myung, former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, to be the most suitable candidate for the next president of South Korea.

The Return of Pragmatic Progressivism: Lee Jae-myung Political Path in Building South Korea

Authors: Darynaufal Mulyaman and Abdullah Akbar Rafsanjani* In June 2025, South Korea will prepare to hold elections, and there is a figure who is in the political spotlight, namely Lee Jae-myung. He is the leading candidate of the Democratic Party in South Korea and represents a new direction of pragmatic progressivism based on the socio-economic […] The post The Return of Pragmatic Progressivism: Lee Jae-myung Political Path in Building South …

South Korean presidential frontrunner Lee Jae-myung's policy pledges

SEOUL - South Korea's Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung is the frontrunner for the June 3 snap presidential election, vowing political and economic reforms to help the country recover from the shock of December's brief martial law. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo Back Spot Crypto ETFs, Bitcoin Priority Ahead of June 3 South Korea Election

In the lead-up to South Korea's presidential election scheduled for June 3, both leading candidates, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party and Kim Moon-soo of the Conservative Party, have expressed support for lifting the ban on spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

South Korea opens the way for crypto ETFs, as this initiative has bipartisan support in the midst of the presidential campaign. The two main candidates have expressed their interest in allowing the trade of these products on the local stock exchange. *** Both dominant parties support the crypto-count ETFs in the presidential campaign. The financial regulator in South Korea could reverse the ban and allow their local trade. The early election of …