(8 Apr 2025)
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Seoul, South Korea – 8 April 2025
1. Wide of news briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ko Ki-dong, acting South Korean Interior Minister:
"The government has decided to hold the 21st presidential election on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. In addition, the election day has been designated as a temporary public holiday. This decision is based on Article 68 of the Constitution and Article 35 of the Public Official Election Act, which govern elections held due to a vacancy in the presidency. It also takes into account the necessary period to ensure full preparation and to guarantee citizens’ right to vote to the greatest extent possible."
3. Wide of Ko speaking
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ko Ki-dong, acting South Korean Interior Minister:
"Given the unprecedented public interest in this election, we will work to ensure that it is conducted fairly and transparently. To this end, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety will establish and operate a Special Task Force for Fair Elections. Furthermore, we will respond strictly to any illegal election activities in close cooperation with the prosecution, police, and other relevant agencies. We will also work with local governments to strictly ensure the political neutrality of public officials."
5. Ko leaving briefing
STORYLINE:
South Korea will elect a new president in a snap election in early June, the government announced Tuesday, days after President Yoon Suk Yeol was thrown out of office over an ill-fated imposition of martial law in December.
A Special Task Force for Fair Elections will be established to "ensure that [the election] is conducted fairly and transparently," said acting South Korean Interior Minister Ko Ki-dong.
"We will also work with local governments to strictly ensure the political neutrality of public officials," Ko added.
South Korea’s extremely deep political polarization will likely shape the June 3 election into a two-way showdown between candidates from the country’s two major political parties – Yoon’s conservative People Power Party (PPP) and its chief liberal rival, the Democratic Party.
It’ll be an uphill battle for PPP to prolong a conservative rule as it struggles to restore public confidence and heal a severe internal division triggered by Yoon’s martial law stunt.
The focus of attention is on whether conservatives can regroup and field a strong candidate to compete against DP’s likely candidate, Lee Jae-myung who tops pre-election surveys.
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