It takes two days to vote for the Korean presidential election, and Lee Jae-myung, the ruling party of innovation, and Yoon Seok-yeol, the largest opposition party of the conservative party, are competing for approval.
On the anniversary of the start of the independence movement under Japanese rule, there was a temperature difference between the two candidates' attitudes toward Japan.
In South Korea, the 20th presidential election will be voted on the 9th of this month, a week later, following the expiration of President Moon Jae-in's term.
According to the latest survey results released by the polling agency "Korea Gallup" on the 25th of last month, the approval rating for the presidential election is 38% for Lee Jae-myung, the ruling party "Democratic Party of Korea" who advocates the continuation of the innovative government. Yoon Suk-yeol, the largest conservative opposition party aiming for a change of government for the first time in five years, is 37%, and the Korean media reports that it is an “unpredictable close battle”.
On the 1st, which is the anniversary of the start of the independence movement under Japanese rule in 1919, Candidate Lee gave a television speech, saying that it was necessary to improve Japan-South Korea relations, but the comfort women issue and "Sado Island" in Niigata Prefecture. He criticized the Japanese government's response to the registration of "Kanayama" as a world cultural heritage.
In response, Yun said on his SNS, "You cannot stand up to changes in the international community just by instigating anti-Japan. To become a country that plays a central role in the world, you should become stronger." There was also a temperature difference in the attitudes of both candidates.
As the election campaign is coming to an end, the final TV debate is scheduled to take place on the night of the 2nd, and attention is focused on the whereabouts of the debate.