Overview

• Recent Gallup polls put Lee Jae-myung at 46–49% support versus Kim Moon-soo’s 35–37%.
• Lee visited Andong, Daegu and Busan promising to boost non-Seoul economies and pursue dialogue with North Korea.
• Kim campaigned across Gyeonggi Province and Seoul, criticizing Lee’s bullet-proof measures as signs of dictatorship and apologizing for Yoon’s martial law decree.
• Nearly 35% of the electorate cast early ballots May 29–30, intensifying efforts to win over undecided voters in traditional strongholds.
• The victor will be sworn in on June 4 without a transition, facing a divided nation, North Korea’s nuclear threat and looming US tariff negotiations.