Overview

• Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung remains the frontrunner after his retrial was postponed until after the June 3 election, securing his eligibility.
• People Power Party (PPP) candidate Kim Moon-soo and independent candidate Han Duck-soo failed to reach an agreement on unifying their candidacies during two meetings on May 7 and May 8.
• Kim accused PPP leadership of attempting to replace him with Han, calling the unification efforts undemocratic and threatening legal action against the party.
• Han has stated he will not register as a candidate by the May 11 deadline unless a unification agreement is reached, emphasizing the need for conservative alignment.
• PPP floor leader Kweon Seong-dong has launched a hunger strike to escalate pressure for unification, with internal polls and debates proposed to resolve the stalemate.