00:01South Koreans will elect a new president on June 3rd.
00:05The snap election was triggered by the ousting of previous president,
00:08Yun-sun-yul, whose short-lived December martial law declaration
00:12threw the country into political chaos.
00:16So who are the candidates vying to run Asia's fourth-largest economy?
00:20The front-runner is ex-opposition leader Lee Jae-myung.
00:30The 60-year-old Democratic Party candidate lost the previous presidential election to Yun by a narrow margin.
00:44But since the snap election was triggered, Lee has maintained a lead over his conservative opponent, Kim Moon-soo.
00:50Kim is the candidate from ousted President Yun's People Power Party.
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01:09Yun may be barred from standing in the election, but his influence still looms over the polls.
01:14Die-hard fans pray in the streets and sing Yun-themed songs.
01:18Yun himself has told his supporters to vote for Kim.
01:21Even as the candidate distances himself from the removed president's martial law declaration,
01:25both Lee and Kim have vowed to make the economy their top priority.
01:29Analysts say Lee is taking his left-wing party closer to the center,
01:33with a pledge to make South Korea a global economic powerhouse,
01:36despite historically emphasizing labor rights and wealth distribution.
01:40Meanwhile, Kim is promoting his party's traditional pro-business policies,
01:44promising to maintain a good relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump amid sweeping tariffs.
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