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

Currently, public opinion polls favor the opposition. But this is due to an ongoing corruption scandal, and many more such scandals may lie ahead for both sides. The result is likely to be decided at the last moment, as