In South Korea, an election campaign for the mayor of Seoul, the capital city where voting will be held next month, and Busan, the second city, has begun.
Both are composed of the ruling and opposition parties confronting each other, and are positioned as a prelude to the presidential election next year.
The elections for the mayors of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and Busan, the second largest city, are scheduled to be voted on the 7th of next month, and the campaign began on the 25th.
Among them, former small and medium-sized venture business minister Park Young-sung ran for the mayoral election in Seoul from the innovative ruling party "Democratic Party of Korea" that supports the Moon Jae-in administration.
On the other hand, from the largest conservative opposition, "People Power Party," Oh Se-hun, who served as the mayor of Seoul for five years until 2011, ran for office.
Ahn Cheol-soo (Ahn Cheol-soo), a representative of the centrist "People's Party" who had announced his candidacy, withdrew his candidacy to unify the candidates on the opposition side and went to support Mr. Oh.
For the Mayor's election in Busan, former Democratic Party of Korea Kim Young-choon (People Power Party) and former President Lee Myung-bak (Lee Myung-bak) will be the chief secretary of state affairs. Mr. Park Hyun-jun, who served as a candidate, is running for office.
The elections to decide the top of the two major cities are both confronted by the ruling and opposition parties, and are positioned as a prelude to the presidential election in March next year.
In South Korea, while real estate prices are soaring, suspicions have emerged that officials of the Land and Housing Corporation have illegally purchased land that is expected to rise based on inside information of the development plan, and criticism is rising. Recent polls have shown that the approval ratings of President Mun and the ruling party have fallen.