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Moon Jae-in is showing renewed strength as a presidential candidate (Naver photo)

Presidential poll: Moon Jae-in neck-and-neck with Park Geun-hye

By Andy Jackson Sat, Feb 18, 2012 11:24PM UTC View Comments

Political activist, Moon Jae-in, has moved into a virtual tie with Grand NationalNew Frontier Party chairwoman, Park Geun-hye, in a hypothetical head-to-head presidential election. The latest poll from our friends at Realmeter has Park with 44.3 percent to Moon’s 43.0 percent. Moon joins software businessman, Ahn Chul-soo, as a leading progressive contender to the conservative Park. ...

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The coming year in South Korean politics

By Andy Jackson Wed, Jan 04, 2012 2:12AM UTC View Comments

This is going to be a doozy of a year for South Korean Politics, with two major elections amid an ongoing transition in North Korea’s leadership. The first election will be in April for the National Assembly. All 299 seats will be up in the vote, 245 in single-member districts voted and 54 by proportional representation.* ...

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With blood in the water, Korean progressives in an electoral feeding frenzy

By Andy Jackson Tue, Dec 27, 2011 11:21AM UTC View Comments

Park Won-soon's win in the Seoul mayoral election on October 27 has South Korean progressives feeling good about there prospects in the 2012 general elections (AP/Lee Jin-man photo)

The victory by Park Won-soon, a long-time activist backed by progressive groups in a close election for mayor of Seoul last October, has gotten Korea’s left salivating at the prospect of sweeping victories in next year’s national assembly and presidential elections. With a chance to control both the Blue House and the legislature, the various...

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Seoul mayor to forgo presidential run

By Andy Jackson Fri, Aug 12, 2011 8:53PM UTC View Comments

Korean voters will not have Oh Se-hoon to kick around in next year's presidential election. (Photo by Jeff Ooi)

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has declared that he will not be a candidate for the South Korean Presidency in 2012 and instead will fulfill the remainder of his second term, which runs to 2014. Oh had never indicated that he want to run for president, but there had been much speculation that he would run. The...

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SKorea: Moon Jae-in overtakes Sohn Hak-kyu in presidential poll

By Andy Jackson Mon, Aug 08, 2011 9:15PM UTC View Comments

I noted last week that rising progressive star Moon Jae-in was gaining on Democratic Party chair, Sohn Hak-kyu, in polling for next year’s presidential election in Korea and was in striking distance of overtaking him. Scratch that. Moon has now overtaken Sohn and is leading among all progressives. The latest poll from Realmeter has Moon’s...

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