Former South Korean Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung announced his presidential bid in June today, with polls listing him as the favorite following the ouster of Yoon Suk-yeol.
Lee announced that he is a candidate in the June 3 snap election in a video lasting just over ten minutes, released a day after stepping down as party chairman.
"I am running to create a true Korea," Lee said in the video, adding that he aims to be "the best tool" for the South Korean people in the face of the severe political and social crisis they have been facing since former President Yoon Suk-yeol briefly declared martial law in December.
Lee argued that the root of social conflict is economic and proposed reactivating the economy through public investment in technology and human resource training.
The leader rejected ideological positions, opting for an approach that he claimed was pragmatic and also defended a foreign policy based on South Korea's national interest.
The Electoral Court has already started registering pre-candidates for what will be the country's 21st presidential election. The election campaign period begins on May 12.
Lee, who has been at the forefront of research, is 61 and worked in factories from a young age, suffering a workplace accident that left him with permanent arm injuries.
After receiving a scholarship, she studied law and began working at a human rights law firm. He was mayor of Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, and later became governor of Seoul. He ran in the 2022 presidential election, narrowly losing to Yoon.
The Democrat's career has been marked by ambitious social programs, but also by allegations of corruption linked to an urban development project.
In January, he was the victim of an assassination attempt and, on March 26, he was acquitted of a conviction that threatened to disqualify him.
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