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South Korea’s PPP Moves to Replace Kim Moon-soo as Leadership Crisis Deepens

Unification talks between Kim and Han Duck-soo collapse, prompting unprecedented party action ahead of the May 11 registration deadline.

Kim Moon-soo, presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, talks with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo during a meeting to discuss unifying candidacy in Seoul, South Korea, May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Kim Moon-soo, presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, talks with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo during a meeting to discuss unifying candidacy in Seoul, South Korea, May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Kim Moon-soo (R), presidential candidate of the conservative People Power Party (PPP), walks out of a general meeting of PPP lawmakers at the National Assembly on May 9, 2025, after the PPP leadership pressures him to merge his candidacy with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. (Yonhap)
Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, addresses a general meeting of party lawmakers at the National Assembly in Seoul on May 9, 2025. (Yonhap)

Overview

  • The People Power Party (PPP) has initiated emergency procedures to replace Kim Moon-soo as its presidential candidate after failed unification talks with Han Duck-soo.
  • A Seoul court dismissed Kim’s injunction to block the PPP from endorsing a new candidate, clearing the way for party leadership to proceed with candidate replacement plans.
  • Kim Moon-soo has rejected the party’s push for a candidacy merger with Han, calling it an unfair attempt to oust him despite his primary win.
  • Han Duck-soo, polling ahead of Kim, has stated he will not register as a candidate unless a unification agreement is reached by May 11.
  • The June 3 snap presidential election, triggered by former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, sees Democratic frontrunner Lee Jae-myung with a commanding lead in polls.