NK News | Yoon Seok-youl speaks at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club (SFCC) on Nov. 12, 2021
In less than four months, South Korean voters will cast their ballots to determine who will be their country’s next president, with wide-ranging implications for the DPRK.
The ROK has a two-party system in everything but name. Lee Jae-myung, former governor of Gyeonggi Province, will represent the progressives, while former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl will be the candidate of the conservatives
In less than four months, South Korean voters will cast their ballots to determine who will be their country’s next president, with wide-ranging implications for the DPRK.
The ROK has a two-party system in everything but name. Lee Jae-myung, former governor of Gyeonggi Province, will represent the progressives, while former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl will be the candidate of the conservatives
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Andrei Lankov is a Director at NK News and writes exclusively for the site as one of the world's leading authorities on North Korea. A graduate of Leningrad State University, he attended Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung University from 1984-5 - an experience you can read about here. In addition to his writing, he is also a Professor at Kookmin University.