S Korea’s conservative party picks Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate | Elections News

The snap election was triggered by the removal of Yoon Suk-yeol from the presidency for declaring martial law on December 3.

South Korea’s main conservative party has nominated Kim Moon-soo, a former labour minister and veteran political figure, as its presidential candidate for the snap election to be held on June 3.

Kim, 73, secured the People Power Party (PPP) nomination with 56.5 percent of the vote at the party’s national convention in Goyang city in Gyeonggi Province on…