Politics
June 3 nationwide elections will gauge voter satisfaction with President Lee
The Democratic Party of Korea’s Kim Boo-kyum, left, has a slight lead over the People Power Party’s Choo Kyung-ho in the Daegu mayoral election. (Photos by Yonhap News Agency)
DAEGU, South Korea — As the campaign period for next month’s nationwide local elections in South Korea began Thursday, polls show an unexpectedly tight race is shaping up in the traditional conservative stronghold of Daegu.