South Korea's liberal candidate Lee in the lead a week before presidential vote

Lee Jae-myung is leading his conservative rival, Kim Moon-soo, by over 10 percentage points in South Korea’s snap presidential election as the race tightens ahead of June 3rd. The deeply divided nation, which transitioned from dictatorship to democracy after the 1980s and faces challenges like uncertain U.S. trade policies and North Korea’s nuclear threat, is on the brink of significant political change following the abrupt martial law imposed by outgoing leader Yoon Suk Yeol.