Seoul: Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung was set to woo voters in North Jeolla Province on Friday, while People Power Party (PPP) candidate Kim Moon-soo headed to battleground regions in the Gyeonggi and South Chungcheong provinces.
According to Yonhap News Agency, with the official campaigns for the June 3 presidential election entering the fifth day, Lee appeared to solidify his support in the region, a stronghold for the DP, while Kim sought to woo centrist voters in the battleground region. The June 3 presidential vote is being held to pick a successor to former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted over his failed martial law bid.
So far, the DP's Lee has kept a solid lead in opinion polls in a three-way race that also includes Lee Jun-seok of the minor New Reform Party. Lee Jae-myung will start the day by visiting Iksan and Gunsan in North Jeolla Province before meeting young traditional musicians in the southwestern city of Jeonju. He will then hold a campaign rally at the back gate of Jeonbuk National University and wrap up his day in the southwestern city of Jeongeup.
PPP's Kim will campaign in the greater Seoul area, which is considered a barometer of public sentiment, and seek to gain support in the key battleground of the central region. Lee started off by greeting commuters at Pangyo in Seongnam, just south of Seoul. He will then hold campaign rallies at a traditional market in Suwon and move to Dongtan on the southern outskirts of the capital, where he is set to announce his pledge regarding the Great Train Express (GTX) at Dongtan Station.
Lee will then head to the central cities of Cheonan, Sejong, Cheongju, and Daejeon. In Sejong, he plans to visit the site of the planned relocation of the National Assembly building and announce his pledge to develop the administrative capital.